The Fair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG CHIH JIJI CCKC| The pick o' seven counties so they're tellin' me was there | A |
| Horses racin' on the track and fiddles on the green | B |
| Flyin' flags and blowin' horns and all that makes a fair | A |
| I'm hearin' that the like of it was something never seen | B |
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| So it is they're tellin' me | C |
| Girl dear it may be true | D |
| I only know the bonnet strings | E |
| Beneath your chin were blue | D |
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| I'm hearin' that the cattle came that thick they stood in rows | F |
| And Doolan's Timmy caught the pig and Terry climbed the pole | G |
| They're tellin' me they showed the cream of everything that grows | F |
| And never man had eyes enough for takin' in the whole | G |
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| So it is they're tellin' me | C |
| Girl dear it may be so | H |
| I only know your little gown | I |
| Was whiter than the snow | H |
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| They're tellin' me the gentry came from twenty miles about | J |
| And him that came from Ballinsloe sang limpin' Jamesey down | I |
| And 'twas Himself no less stood by to give the prizes out | J |
| They're tellin' me you'd hear the noise from here to Dublin town | I |
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| So it is they're tellin' me | C |
| Girl dear the same may be | C |
| I only know that comin' home | K |
| You gave your word to me | C |
Theodosia Garrison
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