Nursery Rhyme. Cccclxxv. Love And Matrimony Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EBED FBFD GBGD HBHD FBFD IBID CBAD| Can you make me a cambric shirt | A |
| Parsley sage rosemary and thyme | B |
| Without any seam or needlework | C |
| And you shall be a true lover of mine | D |
| - | |
| Can you wash it in yonder well | E |
| Parsley sage rosemary and thyme | B |
| Where never sprung water nor rain ever fell | E |
| And you shall be a true lover of mine | D |
| - | |
| Can you dry it on yonder thorn | F |
| Parsley sage rosemary and thyme | B |
| Which never bore blossom since Adam was born | F |
| And you shall be a true lover of mine | D |
| - | |
| Now you have ask'd me questions three | G |
| Parsley sage rosemary and thyme | B |
| I hope you'll answer as many for me | G |
| And you shall be a true lover of mine | D |
| - | |
| Can you find me an acre of land | H |
| Parsley sage rosemary and thyme | B |
| Between the salt water and the sea sand | H |
| And you shall be a true lover of mine | D |
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| Can you plough it with a ram's horn | F |
| Parsley sage rosemary and thyme | B |
| And sow it all over with one pepper corn | F |
| And you shall be a true lover of mine | D |
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| Can you reap it with a sickle of leather | I |
| Parsley sage rosemary and thyme | B |
| And bind it up with a peacock's feather | I |
| And you shall be a true lover of mine | D |
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| When you have done and finish'd your work | C |
| Parsley sage rosemary and thyme | B |
| Then come to me for your cambric shirt | A |
| And you shall be a true lover of mine | D |
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