The Bane-setter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBAB EFGFAHIH JBABGHAH AAFAKHFH LABAHAHA BAKAAAMA NMKMFGGG OMPMGAMA HMQMAAMA APMPEAMA FGMGRMMM| Oor Jock's gude mither's second man | A |
| At banes was unco skilly | B |
| It cam' by heirskep frae an aunt | C |
| Leeb Tod o' Nether Tillie | B |
| An' when he thocht to sough awa' | D |
| He sent for Jock ay did he | B |
| An' wulled him the bane doctorin' | A |
| Wi' a' the lave o's smiddy | B |
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| A braw doon settin' 'twas for Jock | E |
| An' for a while it paid him | F |
| For wi's great muckle nieves like mells | G |
| He pit in banes wi' smeddum | F |
| Ay mony a bane he snappit in | A |
| At elbuck thee an' shouther | H |
| Gin ony wouldna gang his gait | I |
| Jock dang them a' to poother | H |
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| Noo smiddy wark's a droothy job | J |
| Sae whiles Jock wat his whustle | B |
| When wi' a horse shoe or a bane | A |
| He'd held some unco tussle | B |
| But even though miracklous whiles | G |
| It mattered nane whativer | H |
| For whaur's the body disna ken | A |
| A drucken doctor's cliver | H |
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| Ae nicht when Jock was gey weel on | A |
| An' warslin' wi' some shoein' | A |
| They brocht a bane case intil him | F |
| That proved puir Jock's undoin' | A |
| A cadger wi' an auld cork leg | K |
| An' fou as Jock or fouer | H |
| Wha swore that o' his lower limb | F |
| He'd fairly lost the pooer | H |
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| Jock fin's the leg an' shaks his heid | L |
| Syne tells the man richt solemn | A |
| Your knee pan's slippit up your thee | B |
| Aside your spinal column | A |
| But gin ye'll tak a seat owre here | H |
| An' lat them haud ye ticht man | A |
| I'se warrant for a quart o' beer | H |
| I'll quickly hae ye richt man | A |
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| Jock yokit noo wi' rale guid wull | B |
| To better the condeetion | A |
| While Corkie swore he had his leg | K |
| Ca'd a' to crockaneetion | A |
| Jock banned the lamp 'twas in his een | A |
| An' deaved wi' Corkie's granin' | A |
| Quo' he Gin ye'll pit oot the licht | M |
| I'll gey sune pit the bane in | A |
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| Oot went the licht Jock got his grup | N |
| He yarkit an' he ruggit | M |
| He doobled up puir Corkie's leg | K |
| Syne strauchtened it an' tuggit | M |
| An' while that baith the twa o' them | F |
| Were sayin' some orra wordies | G |
| Auld Corkie's leg wi' hauf o's breeks | G |
| Cam' clean aff at the hurdies | G |
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| Jock swat wi' fear an' in the dark | O |
| He crep' attour the smiddy | M |
| For weel a wat he thocht his wark | P |
| Would land him on the widdy | M |
| An' wi' the leg he ran till's hoose | G |
| Just half way doon the clachan | A |
| His cronies oxterin' Corkie oot | M |
| An' nearly deein' o' lauchin' | A |
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| But at Jock's door they stude an hour | H |
| An' vainly kicked an' knockit | M |
| Sin' Jock in a' the fear o' death | Q |
| Had got it barred an' lockit | M |
| An' 'twas na till the neist forenune | A |
| They fand the leg weel hidden | A |
| For Jock was oot afore daylicht | M |
| An' stuck it in the midden | A |
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| This feenished Jock an' efter han' | A |
| He buckled til his ain wark | P |
| For sune a' owre the kintra side | M |
| They kent aboot his bane wark | P |
| An' hoo a law wer fleggit Jock | E |
| At Corkie's instigation | A |
| An' gart him pay a five pun' note | M |
| By way o' compensation | A |
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| Ne sutor ultra crepidam | F |
| Is gude enough for maist o's | G |
| For aye there's wark that's bude to get | M |
| The better o' the best o's | G |
| An' just as doctors canna shoe | R |
| Or haud a hin' leg stiddy | M |
| Ye needa seek for surgery | M |
| Inside a country smiddy | M |
David Rorie
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