What is the rhyme scheme of The Ballad Father Gilligan?

The rhyme scheme of "The Ballad of Father Gilligan" is ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH.

This means that the first and third lines of each stanza rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme.

For example, the first stanza is:

> The old priest Peter Gilligan

> Was weary night and day;

> He travelled over bog and ban,

> To preach the Gospel word, say.

Here, "Gilligan" rhymes with "ban" and "day" rhymes with "say". This pattern continues throughout the entire poem.