The Merryman And His Maid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBACCCDEECD AAFFAEECCCDEECD AAGGAHHEECCCDEECD AAIIAJJHHKKCCCIEELIHE I have a song to sing O | A |
SHE Sing me your song O | A |
HE It is sung to the moon | B |
By a love lorn loon | B |
Who fled from the mocking throng O | A |
It's the song of a merryman moping mum | C |
Whose soul was sad whose glance was glum | C |
Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb | C |
As he sighed for the love of a ladye | D |
Heighdy heighdy | E |
Misery me lackadaydee | E |
He sipped no sup and he craved no crumb | C |
As he sighed for the love of a ladye | D |
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SHE I have a song to sing O | A |
HE Sing me your song O | A |
SHE It is sung with the ring | F |
Of the song maids sing | F |
Who love with a love life long O | A |
It's the song of a merrymaid peerly proud | E |
Who loved a lord and who laughed aloud | E |
At the moan of the merryman moping mum | C |
Whose soul was sore whose glance was glum | C |
Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb | C |
As he sighed for the love of a ladye | D |
Heighdy heighdy | E |
Misery me lackadaydee | E |
He sipped no sup and he craved no crumb | C |
As he sighed for the love of a ladye | D |
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HE I have a song to sing O | A |
SHE Sing me your song O | A |
HE It is sung to the knell | G |
Of a churchyard bell | G |
And a doleful dirge ding dong O | A |
It's a song of a popinjay bravely born | H |
Who turned up his noble nose with scorn | H |
At the humble merrymaid peerly proud | E |
Who loved that lord and who laughed aloud | E |
At the moan of the merryman moping mum | C |
Whose soul was sad whose glance was glum | C |
Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb | C |
As he sighed for the love of a ladye | D |
Heighdy heighdy | E |
Misery me lackadaydee | E |
He sipped no sup and he craved no crumb | C |
As he sighed for the love of a ladye | D |
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SHE I have a song to sing O | A |
HE Sing me your song O | A |
SHE It is sung with a sigh | I |
And a tear in the eye | I |
For it tells of a righted wrong O | A |
It's a song of a merrymaid once so gay | J |
Who turned on her heel and tripped away | J |
From the peacock popinjay bravely born | H |
Who turned up his noble nose with scorn | H |
At the humble heart that he did not prize | K |
And it tells how she begged with downcast eyes | K |
For the love of a merryman moping mum | C |
Whose soul was sad whose glance was glum | C |
Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb | C |
As he sighed for the love of a ladye | I |
BOTH Heighdy heighdy | E |
Misery me lackadaydee | E |
His pains were o'er and he sighed no more | L |
For he lived in the love of a ladye | I |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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