The Auld Carle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDDD AEFEADGD ABEBDEHE ADIDJEKE| The auld man had a girnin' wife | A |
| An' she was aye compleenin' | B |
| For a' kin' o' orra things | C |
| The body aye was greenin' | B |
| It's I'll try this and I'll try that | D |
| At ilka adverteesement | D |
| She flang his siller richt an' left | D |
| An' niver got nae easement | D |
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| The carle he led sic a life | A |
| The haill thing was a scunner | E |
| Sae ae braw day his birse was up | F |
| He fairly roondit on her | E |
| Ye're aye gaun to dee gude wife | A |
| Fowre nichts I hinna sleepit | D |
| Gin it's to be I wush to peace | G |
| Ye'd set a day an' keep it | D |
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| Wow noo there was a tirravee | A |
| An angry wife was she than | B |
| An' is it no' my ain affair | E |
| The day I'm gaun to dee than | B |
| Aha ye think ye'll tryst the wricht | D |
| An' rid him o' his timmer | E |
| Syne haud anither waddin' wi' | H |
| Some feckless thowless limmer | E |
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| Awyte but noo she's fu' o' life | A |
| She's ta'en anither tack o't | D |
| An' aye that she flees oot on him | I |
| His words is at the back o't | D |
| Sae keep your tongue atween your teeth | J |
| When ettlin' to be cliver | E |
| Ense ye'll be like the auld carle | K |
| An' en' waur aff than iver | E |
David Rorie
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