The Five Carlins: An Election Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme

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THERE was five Carlins in the South	A
They fell upon a scheme	B
To send a lad to London town	C
To bring them tidings hame	B
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Nor only bring them tidings hame	B
But do their errands there	D
And aiblins gowd and honor baith	A
Might be that laddie's share	D
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There was Maggy by the banks o' Nith	A
A dame wi' pride eneugh	E
And Marjory o' the mony Lochs	F
A Carlin auld and teugh	E
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And blinkin Bess of Annandale	G
That dwelt near Solway side	H
And whisky Jean that took her gill	I
In Galloway sae wide	H
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And auld black Joan frae Crichton Peel	J
O' gipsy 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	C
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	F
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	C
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 Soger youth	A
Who spak wi' modest grace	F
And he wad gae to London town	C
If sae their pleasure was	F
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He wad na hecht them courtly gifts	F
Nor meikle speech pretend	T
But he wad hecht an honest heart	U
Wad ne'er desert his friend	T
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Now wham to chuse and wham refuse	F
At strife thir Carlins fell	J
For some had Gentlefolks to please	F
And some wad please themsel'	J
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Then out spak mim mou'd Meg o' Nith	A
And she spak up wi' pride	H
And she wad send the Soger youth	A
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 Soger youth	A
To greet his eldest son	V
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Then up sprang Bess o' Annandale	J
And a deadly aith she's ta'en	W
That she wad vote the Border Knight	Q
Though she should vote her lane	X
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For far off fowls hae feathers fair	D
And fools o' change are fain	X
But I hae tried the Border Knight	Q
And I'll try him yet again	W
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Says black Joan frae Crichton Peel	J
A Carlin stoor and grim	B
The auld Gudeman or young Gudeman	W
For me may sink or swim	B
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For fools will prate o' right or wrang	O
While knaves laugh them to scorn	W
But the Soger's friends hae blawn the best	Y
So he shall bear the horn	W
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Then whisky Jean spak owre her drink	O
Ye weel ken kimmers a'	Z
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	A2
Is now a fremit wight	Q
But it's ne'er be said o' whisky Jean	W
We'll send the Border Knight	Q
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Then slow raise Marjory o' the Lochs	F
And wrinkled was her brow	B2
Her ancient weed was russet gray	M
Her auld Scots bluid was true	C2
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There's some great folk set light by me	B
I set as light by them	B
But I will send to London town	W
Wham I like best at hame	B
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Sae how this mighty plea may end	T
Nae mortal wight can tell	J
God grant the King and ilka man	W
May look weel to himsel	J

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