Song Of The Zetland Fisherman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFF GGHH IIJK BALL| Farewell merry maidens to song and to laugh | A |
| For the brave lads of Westra are bound to the Haaf | B |
| And we must have labour and hunger and pain | C |
| Ere we dance with the maids of Dunrossness again | D |
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| For now in our trim boats of Noroway deal | E |
| We must dance on the waves with the porpoise and seal | E |
| The breeze it shall pipe so it pipe not too high | F |
| And the gull be our songstress whene'er she flits by | F |
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| Sing on my brave bird while we follow like thee | G |
| By bank shoal and quicksand the swarms of the sea | G |
| And when twenty score fishes are straining our line | H |
| Sing louder brave bird for their spoils shall be thine | H |
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| We'll sing while we bait and we'll sing while we haul | I |
| For the deeps of the Haaf have enough for us all | I |
| There is torsk for the gentle and skate for the carle | J |
| And there's wealth for bold Magnus the son of the earl | K |
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| Huzza my brave comrades give way for the Haaf | B |
| We shall sooner come back to the dance and the laugh | A |
| For life without mirth is a lamp without oil | L |
| Then mirth and long life to the bold Magnus Troil | L |
Sir Walter Scott
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