The Auld Doctor. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEEC FFFC GGGC FFFC GGGC FFFC HIJC| O' a' the jobs that sweat the sark | A |
| Gie me a kintra doctor's wark | B |
| Ye ca' awa' frae dawn till dark | A |
| Whate'er the weather be O | C |
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| Some tinkler wife is in the strae | D |
| Your boots are owre the taps wi' clay | E |
| Through wadin' bog an' sklimmin' brae | E |
| The besom for to see O | C |
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| Ye ken auld Jock o' Windybarns | F |
| The bull had near ca'ed oot his harns | F |
| His een were blinkin' fu' o' starns | F |
| An' doon they ran for me O | C |
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| There's ae guid wife we're weel acquaint | G |
| Nae trouble's kent but what she's taen't | G |
| Yet aye she finds some new complaint | G |
| O' which I hae the key O | C |
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| She's had some unco queer mishaps | F |
| Wi' nervish wind and clean collapse | F |
| An' naethin' does her guid but draps | F |
| Guid draps o' barley bree O | C |
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| I wouldna care a docken blade | G |
| Gin her accoont she ever paid | G |
| But while she gi'es me a' her trade | G |
| There's ne'er a word o' fee O | C |
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| Then De'il hae a' thae girnin' wives | F |
| There's ne'er a bairn they hae that thrives | F |
| It's aye the kink hoast or the hives | F |
| That's gaun to gar them dee O | C |
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| Tak' ony job ye like ava | H |
| Tak' trade the poopit or the law | I |
| But gin ye're wise ye'll haud awa' | J |
| Frae medical degree O | C |
David Rorie
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