Bonnie Callander Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCBBBB A DDEE A FFGG A HHII A JJCC A BBKK A CCLM| Chorus | A |
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| Bonnie Helen will you go to Callander with me | B |
| And gaze upon its beauties and romantic scenery | B |
| Dear Helen it will help to drive all sorrow away | C |
| Therefore come sweet Helen and let's have a holiday | C |
| Callander is a pretty little town most lovely to see | B |
| Situated in the midst of mountains towering frowningly | B |
| And Ben Ledi is the chief amongst them and famous in history | B |
| Looking stern and rugged in all its majesty | B |
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| Chorus | A |
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| And as for Bracklinn Falls they are impressive to sight | D |
| Especially the Keltie which will the visitor's heart delight | D |
| With its bonnie banks bordered with beautiful trees | E |
| And the effect would be sure the spectator to please | E |
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| Chorus | A |
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| The hawthorn hedges and the beautiful wild flowers | F |
| Will help to enliven the scene and while away the hours | F |
| And as the spectator gazes upon Keltie waterfall | G |
| The rumbling and fumbling of the water does his heart appall | G |
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| Chorus | A |
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| As it makes one fearful plunge into a yawning abyss below | H |
| Fifty or sixty feet beneath where it splashes to and fro | H |
| And seethes and boils in a great deep pool | I |
| And the sweet fragrant air around it is very cool | I |
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| Chorus | A |
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| 'Tis said two lovers met there with a tragic fate | J |
| Alas poor souls and no one near to extricate | J |
| The rail of the bridge upon which they were leaning gave way | C |
| And they were drowned in the boiling gulf Oh horror and dismay | C |
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| Chorus | A |
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| The Pass of Leny is most wild and amazing to see | B |
| With its beetling crags and towering mountains and romantic scenery | B |
| And the brawling Leny with its little waterfalls | K |
| Will repay the visitor for the time occupied any time he calls | K |
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| Chorus | A |
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| Then lovers of the picturesque make haste and go away | C |
| To the pretty little village of Callander without delay | C |
| And breathe the fresh air in the harvest time | L |
| And revel amongst romantic scenery in the beautiful sunshine | M |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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