Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BOY JOHNNY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: If you'll busk you as a bride
Last Line: O boy johnny.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


'IF you'll busk you as a bride
And make ready,
It's I will wed you with a ring,
O fair lady.'

'Shall I busk me as a bride,
I so bonny,
For you to wed me with a ring,
O boy Johnny?'

'When you've busked you as a bride
And made ready,
Who else is there to marry you,
O fair lady?'

'I will find my lover out,
I so bonny,
And you shall bear my weddingtrain,
O boy Johnny.'





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