The Battle Of Killie-crankie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AABACADA EAFAFAFA BAFAGAHA IAFAAAJA KALAAACA KAMANAOA AAPAFAQA| Child vol vii Early Edition | A |
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| Clavers and his Highlandmen | A |
| Came down upo' the raw man | A |
| Who being stout gave mony a clout | B |
| The lads began to claw then | A |
| With sword and terge into their hand | C |
| Wi which they were nae slaw man | A |
| Wi mony a fearful heavy sigh | D |
| The lads began to claw then | A |
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| O'er bush o'er bank o'er ditch o'er stark | E |
| She flang amang them a' man | A |
| The butter box got many knocks | F |
| Their riggings paid for a' then | A |
| They got their paiks wi sudden straiks | F |
| Which to their grief they saw man | A |
| Wi clinkum clankum o'er their crowns | F |
| The lads began to fa' then | A |
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| Hur skipt about hur leapt about | B |
| And flang amang them a' man | A |
| The English blades got broken beads | F |
| Their crowns were cleav'd in twa then | A |
| The durk and door made their last hour | G |
| And prov'd their final fa' man | A |
| They thought the devil had been there | H |
| That play'd them sic a paw then | A |
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| The Solemn League and Covenant | I |
| Came whigging up the hills man | A |
| Thought Highland trews durst not refuse | F |
| For to subscribe their bills then | A |
| In Willie's name they thought nag ane | A |
| Durst stop their course at a' man | A |
| But hur nane sell wi mony a knock | J |
| Cry'd Furich Whigs awa' man | A |
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| Sir Evan Du and his men true | K |
| Came linking up the brink man | A |
| The Hogan Dutch they feared such | L |
| They bred a horrid stink then | A |
| The true Maclean and his fierce men | A |
| Came in amang them a' man | A |
| Nane durst withstand his heavy hand | C |
| All fled and ran awa' then | A |
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| Oh' on a ri Oh' on a ri | K |
| Why should she lose King Shames man | A |
| Oh' rig in di Oh' rig in di | M |
| She shall break a' her banes then | A |
| With furichinish an' stay a while | N |
| And speak a word or twa man | A |
| She's gi' a straike out o'er the neck | O |
| Before ye win awa' then | A |
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| Oh fy for shame ye're three for ane | A |
| Hur nane sell's won the day man | A |
| King Shames' red coats should be hung up | P |
| Because they ran awa' then | A |
| Had bent their brows like Highland trows | F |
| And made as lang a stay man | A |
| They'd sav'd their king that sacred thing | Q |
| And Willie'd ran awa' then | A |
Andrew Lang
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