Song-m'pherson's Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC CCDC EBFBC GHIJC KCLCC MNONCFAREWELL ye dungeons dark and strong | A |
The wretch's destinie | B |
M'Pherson's time will not be long | A |
On yonder gallows tree | C |
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Chorus Sae rantingly sae wantonly | C |
Sae dauntingly gaed he | C |
He play'd a spring and danc'd it round | D |
Below the gallows tree | C |
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O what is death but parting breath | E |
On many a bloody plain | B |
I've dared his face and in this place | F |
I scorn him yet again | B |
Sae rantingly c | C |
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Untie these bands from off my hands | G |
And bring me to my sword | H |
And there's no a man in all Scotland | I |
But I'll brave him at a word | J |
Sae rantingly c | C |
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I've liv'd a life of sturt and strife | K |
I die by treacherie | C |
It burns my heart I must depart | L |
And not aveng d be | C |
Sae rantingly c | C |
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Now farewell light thou sunshine bright | M |
And all beneath the sky | N |
May coward shame distain his name | O |
The wretch that dares not die | N |
Sae rantingly c | C |
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