To D. H. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDDD EEDDF GGHHF DDDDDDDD| O Falmouth is a fine town with ships in the bay | A |
| And I wish from my heart it's there I was to day | A |
| I wish from my heart I was far away from here | B |
| Sitting in my parlour and talking to my dear | C |
| For it's home dearie home it's home I want to be | D |
| Our topsails are hoisted and we'll away to sea | D |
| O the oak and the ash and the bonnie birken tree | D |
| They're all growing green in the old countrie | D |
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| In Baltimore a walking a lady I did meet | E |
| With her babe on her arm as she came down the street | E |
| And I thought how I sailed and the cradle standing ready | D |
| For the pretty little babe that has never seen its daddie | D |
| And it's home dearie home | F |
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| O if it be a lass she shall wear a golden ring | G |
| And if it be a lad he shall fight for his king | G |
| With his dirk and his hat and his little jacket blue | H |
| He shall walk the quarter deck as his daddie used to do | H |
| And it's home dearie home | F |
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| O there's a wind a blowing a blowing from the west | D |
| And that of all the winds is the one I like the best | D |
| For it blows at our backs and it shakes our pennon free | D |
| And it soon will blow us home to the old countrie | D |
| For it's home dearie home it's home I want to be | D |
| Our topsails are hoisted and we'll away to sea | D |
| O the oak and the ash and the bonnie birken tree | D |
| They're all growing green in the old countrie | D |
William Ernest Henley
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