The Lum Hat Wantin' The Croon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CBDDB EBAAB FBAAB GBAAB DBAAB HBAAB IBAAB| The burn was big wi' spate | A |
| An' there cam' tum'lin' doon | B |
| Tapsalteerie the half o' a gate | A |
| Wi' an auld fish hake an' a great muckle skate | A |
| An' a lum hat wantin' the croon | B |
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| The auld wife stude on the bank | C |
| As they gaed swirlin' roun' | B |
| She took a gude look an' syne says she | D |
| There's food an' there's firin' gaun to the sea | D |
| An' a lum hat wantin' the croon | B |
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| Sae she gruppit the branch o' a saugh | E |
| An' she kickit aff ane o' her shoon | B |
| An' she stuck oot her fit but it caught in the gate | A |
| An' awa' she went wi' the great muckle skate | A |
| An' the lum hat wantin' the croon | B |
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| She floatit fu' mony a mile | F |
| Past cottage an' village an' toon | B |
| She'd an awfu' time astride o' the gate | A |
| Though it seemed to gree fine wi' the great muckle skate | A |
| An' the lum hat wantin' the croon | B |
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| A fisher was walkin' the deck | G |
| By the licht o' his pipe an' the mune | B |
| When he sees an auld body astride o' a gate | A |
| Come bobbin' alang in the waves wi' a skate | A |
| An' a lum hat wantin' the croon | B |
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| There's a man overboord cries he | D |
| Ye leear says she I'll droon | B |
| A man on a boord It's a wife on a gate | A |
| It's auld Mistress Mackintosh here wi' a skate | A |
| An' a lum hat wantin' the croon | B |
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| Was she nippit to death at the Pole | H |
| Has India bakit her broon | B |
| I canna tell that but whatever her fate | A |
| I'll wager ye'll find it was shared by a skate | A |
| An' a lum hat wantin' the croon | B |
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| There's a moral attached to my sang | I |
| On greed ye should aye gie a froon | B |
| When ye think o' the wife that was lost for a gate | A |
| An' auld fish hake an' a great muckle skate | A |
| An' a lum hat wantin' the croon | B |
David Rorie
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