Kenmure'1715 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB BBBB BBCB BBDB BBBB EBEB EBEB| The heather's in a blaze Willie | A |
| The White Rose decks the tree | A |
| The Fiery Cross is on the braes | B |
| And the King is on the sea | B |
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| Remember great Montrose Willie | B |
| Remember fair Dundee | B |
| And strike one stroke at the foreign foes | B |
| Of the King that's on the sea | B |
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| There's Gordons in the North Willie | B |
| Are rising frank and free | B |
| Shall a Kenmure Gordon not go forth | C |
| For the King that's on the sea | B |
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| A trusty sword to draw Willie | B |
| A comely weird to dree | B |
| For the Royal Rose that's like the snaw | D |
| And the King that's on the sea | B |
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| He cast ae look across his lands | B |
| Looked over loch and lea | B |
| He took his fortune in his hands | B |
| For the King was on the sea | B |
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| Kenmures have fought in Galloway | E |
| For Kirk and Presbyt'rie | B |
| This Kenmure faced his dying day | E |
| For King James across the sea | B |
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| It little skills what faith men vaunt | E |
| If loyal men they be | B |
| To Christ's ain Kirk and Covenant | E |
| Or the King that's o'er the sea | B |
Andrew Lang
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