Daft Jean Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEEF GGGG AABCDEE HHHHFAI GGGGG AABEEI JJAKKF GGGGG| Daft Jean | A |
| The waesome wean | A |
| She cam' by the cottage she cam' by the ha' | B |
| The laird's ha' o' Wutherstanelaw | C |
| The cottar's cot by the birken shaw | D |
| An' aye she gret | E |
| To ilk ane she met | E |
| For the trumpet had blawn an' her lad was awa' | F |
| - | |
| 'Black black ' sang she | G |
| 'Black black my weeds shall be | G |
| My love has widowed me | G |
| Black black ' sang she | G |
| - | |
| Daft Jean | A |
| The waesome wean | A |
| She cam' by the cottage she cam' by the ha' | B |
| The laird's ha' o' Wutherstanelaw | C |
| The cottar's cot by the birken shaw | D |
| Nae mair she creepit | E |
| Nae mair she weepit | E |
| - | |
| She stept 'mang the lasses the queen o' them a' | H |
| The queen o' them a' | H |
| The queen o' them a' | H |
| She stept 'mang the lasses the queen o' them a' | H |
| For the fight it was fought i' the fiel' far awa' | F |
| An' claymore in han' for his love an' his lan' | A |
| The lad she lo'ed best he was foremost to fa' | I |
| - | |
| 'White white ' sang she | G |
| 'White white my weeds shall be | G |
| I am no widow ' sang she | G |
| 'White white my wedding shall be | G |
| White white ' sang she | G |
| - | |
| Daft Jean | A |
| The waesome wean | A |
| She gaed na' to cottage she gaed na' to ha' | B |
| But forth she creepit | E |
| While a' the house weepit | E |
| Into the snaw i' the eerie night fa' | I |
| - | |
| At morn we found her | J |
| The lammies stood round her | J |
| The snaw was her pillow her sheet was the snaw | A |
| Pale she was lying | K |
| Singing and dying | K |
| A' for the laddie wha fell far awa' | F |
| - | |
| 'White white ' sang she | G |
| 'My love has married me | G |
| White white my weeds shall be | G |
| White white my wedding shall be | G |
| White white ' sang she | G |
Sydney Thompson Dobell
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