The Battle Of Killie-crankie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A AABACADA EAFAFAFA BAFAGAHA IAFAAAJA KALAAACA KAMANAOA AAPAFAQA

Child vol vii Early EditionA
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Clavers and his HighlandmenA
Came down upo' the raw manA
Who being stout gave mony a cloutB
The lads began to claw thenA
With sword and terge into their handC
Wi which they were nae slaw manA
Wi mony a fearful heavy sighD
The lads began to claw thenA
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O'er bush o'er bank o'er ditch o'er starkE
She flang amang them a' manA
The butter box got many knocksF
Their riggings paid for a' thenA
They got their paiks wi sudden straiksF
Which to their grief they saw manA
Wi clinkum clankum o'er their crownsF
The lads began to fa' thenA
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Hur skipt about hur leapt aboutB
And flang amang them a' manA
The English blades got broken beadsF
Their crowns were cleav'd in twa thenA
The durk and door made their last hourG
And prov'd their final fa' manA
They thought the devil had been thereH
That play'd them sic a paw thenA
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The Solemn League and CovenantI
Came whigging up the hills manA
Thought Highland trews durst not refuseF
For to subscribe their bills thenA
In Willie's name they thought nag aneA
Durst stop their course at a' manA
But hur nane sell wi mony a knockJ
Cry'd Furich Whigs awa' manA
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Sir Evan Du and his men trueK
Came linking up the brink manA
The Hogan Dutch they feared suchL
They bred a horrid stink thenA
The true Maclean and his fierce menA
Came in amang them a' manA
Nane durst withstand his heavy handC
All fled and ran awa' thenA
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Oh' on a ri Oh' on a riK
Why should she lose King Shames manA
Oh' rig in di Oh' rig in diM
She shall break a' her banes thenA
With furichinish an' stay a whileN
And speak a word or twa manA
She's gi' a straike out o'er the neckO
Before ye win awa' thenA
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Oh fy for shame ye're three for aneA
Hur nane sell's won the day manA
King Shames' red coats should be hung upP
Because they ran awa' thenA
Had bent their brows like Highland trowsF
And made as lang a stay manA
They'd sav'd their king that sacred thingQ
And Willie'd ran awa' thenA

Andrew Lang



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