The Merryman And His Maid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBACCCDEECD AAFFAEECCCDEECD AAGGAHHEECCCDEECD AAIIAJJHHKKCCCIEELI

HE I have a song to sing OA
SHE Sing me your song OA
HE It is sung to the moonB
By a love lorn loonB
Who fled from the mocking throng OA
It's the song of a merryman moping mumC
Whose soul was sad whose glance was glumC
Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumbC
As he sighed for the love of a ladyeD
Heighdy heighdyE
Misery me lackadaydeeE
He sipped no sup and he craved no crumbC
As he sighed for the love of a ladyeD
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SHE I have a song to sing OA
HE Sing me your song OA
SHE It is sung with the ringF
Of the song maids singF
Who love with a love life long OA
It's the song of a merrymaid peerly proudE
Who loved a lord and who laughed aloudE
At the moan of the merryman moping mumC
Whose soul was sore whose glance was glumC
Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumbC
As he sighed for the love of a ladyeD
Heighdy heighdyE
Misery me lackadaydeeE
He sipped no sup and he craved no crumbC
As he sighed for the love of a ladyeD
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HE I have a song to sing OA
SHE Sing me your song OA
HE It is sung to the knellG
Of a churchyard bellG
And a doleful dirge ding dong OA
It's a song of a popinjay bravely bornH
Who turned up his noble nose with scornH
At the humble merrymaid peerly proudE
Who loved that lord and who laughed aloudE
At the moan of the merryman moping mumC
Whose soul was sad whose glance was glumC
Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumbC
As he sighed for the love of a ladyeD
Heighdy heighdyE
Misery me lackadaydeeE
He sipped no sup and he craved no crumbC
As he sighed for the love of a ladyeD
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SHE I have a song to sing OA
HE Sing me your song OA
SHE It is sung with a sighI
And a tear in the eyeI
For it tells of a righted wrong OA
It's a song of a merrymaid once so gayJ
Who turned on her heel and tripped awayJ
From the peacock popinjay bravely bornH
Who turned up his noble nose with scornH
At the humble heart that he did not prizeK
And it tells how she begged with downcast eyesK
For the love of a merryman moping mumC
Whose soul was sad whose glance was glumC
Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumbC
As he sighed for the love of a ladyeI
BOTH Heighdy heighdyE
Misery me lackadaydeeE
His pains were o'er and he sighed no moreL
For he lived in the love of a ladyeI

William Schwenck Gilbert



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