The Crambo-clink Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBDB EFGFDBHB IHGJEBGB| Afore there was law to fleg us a' | A |
| An' schedule richt frae wrang | B |
| The man o' the cave had got the crave | C |
| For the lichtsome lilt o' sang | B |
| Wife an' strife an' the pride o' life | D |
| Woman an' war an' drink | B |
| He sang o' them a' at e'enin's fa' | D |
| By aid o' the crambo clink | B |
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| When the sharpest flint made the deepest dint | E |
| An' the strongest worked his will | F |
| He drew his tune frae the burnie's croon | G |
| An' the whistlin' win' o' the hill | F |
| At the mou' o's cave to pleesure the lave | D |
| He was singin' afore he could think | B |
| An' the wife in bye hush'd the bairnie's cry | H |
| Wi' a swatch o' the crambo clink | B |
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| Nae creetic was there wi' superior air | I |
| For the singer wha daur decry | H |
| When they saw the sheen o' the makar's een | G |
| An' his han' on his axe forbye | J |
| But the nicht grew auld an' he never devaul'd | E |
| While ane by ane they would slink | B |
| Awa' at a rin to their beds o' skin | G |
| Frae the soun' o' the crambo clink | B |
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