The Tay Bridge Disaster Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay	A
Alas I am very sorry to say	A
That ninety lives have been taken away	A
On the last Sabbath day of	B
Which will be remember'd for a very long time	C
	-
'Twas about seven o'clock at night	D
And the wind it blew with all its might	D
And the rain came pouring down	E
And the dark clouds seemed to frown	E
And the Demon of the air seem'd to say	A
I'll blow down the Bridge of Tay	A
	-
When the train left Edinburgh	F
The passengers' hearts were light and felt no sorrow	F
But Boreas blew a terrific gale	G
Which made their hearts for to quail	G
And many of the passengers with fear did say	A
I hope God will send us safe across the Bridge of Tay	A
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But when the train came near to Wormit Bay	A
Boreas he did loud and angry bray	A
And shook the central girders of the Bridge of Tay	A
On the last Sabbath day of	B
Which will be remember'd for a very long time	C
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So the train sped on with all its might	D
And Bonnie Dundee soon hove in sight	D
And the passengers' hearts felt light	D
Thinking they would enjoy themselves on the New Year	H
With their friends at home they lov'd most dear	H
And wish them all a happy New Year	H
	-
So the train mov'd slowly along the Bridge of Tay	A
Until it was about midway	A
Then the central girders with a crash gave way	A
And down went the train and passengers into the Tay	A
The Storm Fiend did loudly bray	A
Because ninety lives had been taken away	A
On the last Sabbath day of	B
Which will be remember'd for a very long time	C
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As soon as the catastrophe came to be known	I
The alarm from mouth to mouth was blown	I
And the cry rang out all o'er the town	E
Good heavens the Tay Bridge is blown down	E
And a passenger train from Edinburgh	F
Which fill'd all the people's hearts with sorrow	F
And made them all for to turn pale	G
Because none of the passengers were sav'd to tell the tale	G
How the disaster happen'd on the last Sabbath day of	B
Which will be remember'd for a very long time	C
	-
It must have been an awful sight	D
To witness in the dusky moonlight	D
While the Storm Fiend did laugh and angry did bray	A
Along the Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay	A
Oh ill fated Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay	A
I must now conclude my lay	A
By telling the world fearlessly without least dismay	A
That your central girders would not have given way	A
At least many sensible men do say	A
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses	J
At least many sensible men confesses	K
For the stronger we our houses do build	L
The less chance we have of being killed	L

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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