The Carrion Crow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBBBCB DBDCCB BBBECB FBFFCB

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A carrion crow sat on an oakB
Derry derry derry deccoB
A carrion crow sat on an oakB
Watching a tailor shaping his cloakB
Heigh ho the carrion crowC
Derry derry derry deccoB
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O wife bring me my old bent bowD
Derry derry derry deccoB
O wife bring me my old bent bowD
That I may shoot yon carrion crowC
Heigh ho the carrion crowC
Derry derry derry deccoB
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The tailor shot and he missed his markB
Derry derry derry deccoB
The tailor shot and he missed his markB
And shot his old sow right through the heartE
Heigh ho the carrion crowC
Derry derry derry deccoB
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O wife bring brandy in a spoonF
Derry derry derry deccoB
O wife bring brandy in a spoonF
For our old sow is in a swoonF
Heigh ho the carrion crowC
Derry derry derry deccoB

Walter Crane



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