The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond'1746 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFD GHBH EIDJD DEFD| There's an ending o' the dance and fair Morag's safe in France | A |
| And the Clans they hae paid the lawing | B |
| And the wuddy has her ain and we twa are left alane | C |
| Free o' Carlisle gaol in the dawing | B |
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| So ye'll tak the high road and I'll tak the laigh road | D |
| An' I'll be in Scotland before ye | E |
| But me and my true love will never meet again | F |
| By the bonnie bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond | D |
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| For my love's heart brake in twa when she kenned the Cause's fa' | G |
| And she sleeps where there's never nane shall waken | H |
| Where the glen lies a' in wrack wi' the houses toom and black | B |
| And her father's ha's forsaken | H |
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| While there's heather on the hill shall my vengeance ne'er be | E |
| still | I |
| While a bush hides the glint o' a gun lad | D |
| Wi' the men o' Sergeant Mor shall I work to pay the score | J |
| Till I wither on the wuddy in the sun lad | D |
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| So ye'll tak the high road and I'll tak the laigh road | D |
| An' I'll be in Scotland before ye | E |
| But me and my true love will never meet again | F |
| By the bonnie bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond | D |
Andrew Lang
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