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BOY JOHNNY by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF YOU'LL BUSK YOU AS A BRIDE
Last Line: O BOY JOHNNY.'
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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