Willow Waly! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDC EBECFFC EBGCGGC HBHCAAC| HE PRITHEE pretty maiden prithee tell me true | A |
| Hey but I'm doleful willow willow waly | B |
| Have you e'er a lover a dangling after you | A |
| Hey willow waly O | C |
| I would fain discover | D |
| If you have a lover | D |
| Hey willow waly O | C |
| - | |
| SHE Gentle sir my heart is frolicsome and free | E |
| Hey but he's doleful willow willow waly | B |
| Nobody I care for comes a courting me | E |
| Hey willow waly O | C |
| Nobody I care for | F |
| Comes a courting therefore | F |
| Hey willow waly O | C |
| - | |
| HE Prithee pretty maiden will you marry me | E |
| Hey but I'm hopeful willow willow waly | B |
| I may say at once I'm a man of propertee | G |
| Hey willow waly O | C |
| Money I despise it | G |
| But many people prize it | G |
| Hey willow waly O | C |
| - | |
| SHE Gentle sir although to marry I design | H |
| Hey but he's hopeful willow willow waly | B |
| As yet I do not know you and so I must decline | H |
| Hey willow waly O | C |
| To other maidens go you | A |
| As yet I do not know you | A |
| Hey willow waly O | C |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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