The Five Carlins. A Scots Ballad. Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Tune Chevy Chase	A
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There were five carlins in the south	B
They fell upon a scheme	C
To send a lad to London town	D
To bring them tidings hame	C
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Not only bring them tidings hame	C
But do their errands there	E
And aiblins gowd and honour baith	B
Might be that laddie's share	E
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There was Maggy by the banks o' Nith	B
A dame wi' pride eneugh	F
And Marjory o' the mony lochs	A
A carlin auld and teugh	F
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And blinkin' Bess of Annandale	G
That dwelt near Solway side	H
And whiskey Jean that took her gill	I
In Galloway sae wide	H
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And black Joan frae Crighton peel	J
O' gipsey kith an' kin	K
Five wighter carlins were na found	L
The south countrie within	K
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To send a lad to London town	D
They met upon a day	M
And mony a knight and mony a laird	N
This errand fain wad gae	O
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O mony a knight and mony a laird	N
This errand fain wad gae	O
But nae ane could their fancy please	A
O ne'er a ane but twae	P
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The first ane was a belted knight	Q
Bred of a border band	R
And he wad gae to London town	D
Might nae man him withstand	R
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And he wad do their errands weel	J
And meikle he wad say	M
And ilka ane about the court	S
Wad bid to him gude day	M
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The neist cam in a sodger youth	B
And spak wi' modest grace	A
And he wad gae to London town	D
If sae their pleasure was	A
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He wad na hecht them courtly gifts	A
Nor meikle speech pretend	T
But he wad hecht an honest heart	U
Wad ne'er desert his friend	T
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Then wham to chuse and wham refuse	A
At strife thir carlins fell	J
For some had gentlefolks to please	A
And some wad please themsel'	J
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Then out spak mim mou'd Meg o' Nith	B
And she spak up wi' pride	H
And she wad send the sodger youth	B
Whatever might betide	H
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For the auld gudeman o' London court	S
She didna care a pin	K
But she wad send the sodger youth	B
To greet his eldest son	V
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Then slow raise Marjory o' the Lochs	A
And wrinkled was her brow	W
Her ancient weed was russet gray	M
Her auld Scotch heart was true	X
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The London court set light by me	C
I set as light by them	C
And I wilt send the sodger lad	Y
To shaw that court the same	C
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Then up sprang Bess of Annandale	J
And swore a deadly aith	B
Says I will send the border knight	Q
Spite o' you carlins baith	B
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For far off fowls hae feathers fair	E
And fools o' change are fain	Z
But I hae try'd this border knight	Q
I'll try him yet again	A2
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Then whiskey Jean spak o'er her drink	B2
Ye weel ken kimmersa'	A
The auld gudeman o' London court	S
His back's been at the wa'	P
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And mony a friend that kiss'd his caup	C2
Is now a fremit wight	Q
But it's ne'er be sae wi' whiskey Jean	D2
We'll send the border knight	Q
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Says black Joan o' Crighton peel	J
A carlin stoor and grim	C
The auld gudeman or the young gudeman	D2
For me may sink or swim	C
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For fools will prate o' right and wrang	B2
While knaves laugh in their sleeve	F
But wha blaws best the horn shall win	D2
I'll spier nae courtier's leave	F
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So how this mighty plea may end	T
There's naebody can tell	J
God grant the king and ilka man	D2
May look weel to himsel'	J

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