Shiela Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAAA BABACC DADAAA| When I played my penny whistle on the braes above Lochgyle | A |
| The heather bloomed about us and we heard the peewit call | A |
| As you bent above your knitting something fey was in your smile | A |
| And fine and soft and slow the rain made silver on your shawl | A |
| Your cheeks were pink like painted cheeks your eyes a pansy blue | A |
| My heart was in my playing but my music was for you | A |
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| And now I play he organ in this lordly London town | B |
| I play the lovely organ with a thousand folks in view | A |
| They're wearing silk and satin but I see a woolen gown | B |
| And my heart's not in my music for I'm thinking lass of you | A |
| When you listened to a barefoot boy who piped of ancient pain | C |
| And your ragged shawl was pearly in the sweet shy rain | C |
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| I'll play them mighty music O I'll make them stamp and cheer | D |
| I'll give the best that's in me but I'll give it all for you | A |
| I'll put my whole heart in it for I feel that you are near | D |
| Not yonder sleeping always where the peat is white with dew | A |
| But I'll never live the rapture of the shepherd boy the while | A |
| I trilled for you my whistle on the braes above Lochgyle | A |
Robert Service
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