Border Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEED FGFHFFBIIB| March march Ettrick and Teviotdale | A |
| Why the deil dinna ye march forward in order | B |
| March march Eskdale and Liddesdale | A |
| All the Blue Bonnets are bound for the Border | B |
| Many a banner spread | C |
| Flutters above your head | C |
| Many a crest that is famous in story | D |
| Mount and make ready then | E |
| Sons of the mountain glen | E |
| Fight for the Queen and our old Scottish glory | D |
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| Come from the hills where your hirsels are grazing | F |
| Come from the glen of the buck and the roe | G |
| Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing | F |
| Come with the buckler the lance and the bow | H |
| Trumpets are sounding | F |
| War steeds are bounding | F |
| Stand to your arms then and march in good order | B |
| England shall many a day | I |
| Tell of the bloody fray | I |
| When the Blue Bonnets came over the Border | B |
Walter Scott (sir)
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