The Little Woman And The Pedlar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBAABB DEDEFFE GEGEHHE EEEEBBE IEIEHHE

There was a little woman as I've heard sayA
Fol lol diddle diddle dolB
She went to market her eggs for to sellC
Fol lol diddle diddle dolB
She went to market all on a market dayA
And she fell asleep upon the king's highwayA
Fol de rol de lol lol lol lol lolB
Fol lol diddle diddle dolB
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And there came a pedlar whose name was StoutD
Fol lol cE
He cut her petticoats all round aboutD
Fol lol cE
He cut her petticoats up to her kneesF
Which made the little woman to shiver and freezeF
Fol de rol cE
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When the little woman began to awakeG
Fol lol cE
She began to shiver and she began to shakeG
Fol lol cE
She began to shake and she began to cryH
Lawk a mercy on me this is none of IH
Fol de rol cE
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If it be I as I suppose it beE
Fol lol cE
I've a little dog at home and he knows meE
Fol lol cE
If it be I he will wag his little tailB
If it be not I he will bark and railB
Fol de rol cE
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And when the little woman went home in the darkI
Fol lol cE
Her little dog he did begin to barkI
Fol lol cE
He began to bark and she began to cryH
Lawk a mercy on me this is none of IH
Fol de rol cE

Walter Crane



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