The Nicht That The Bairnie Cam' Hame Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHGHIEIE IJGJKEKE LMJMFEIE FINIBEBE IBJFJEJE OPFPFEJE QJGJJEIE JRJRIEFEI was gaun to my supper richt hungert an' tired | A |
A' day I'd been hard at the pleugh | B |
The snaw wi' the dark'nin' was fast dingin' on | C |
An' the win' had a coorse kin' o' sough | B |
'Twas a cheery like sicht as the bonny fire licht | D |
Gar't the winnock play flicker wi' flame | E |
But my supper was Aff for the doctor at aince | F |
That nicht that the bairnie cam' hame | E |
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Noo I kent there was somethin' o' that sort to be | G |
An' I'd had my ain thochts tae aboot it | H |
Sae when my gude mither had tel't me to flee | G |
Fegs it wisna my pairt for to doot it | H |
Wi' a new pair o' buits that was pinchin' like sin | I |
In a mile I was hirplin' deid lame | E |
'Twas the warst nicht o' a' that I ever pit in | I |
That nicht that the bairnie cam' hame | E |
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I'd a gude seeven mile o' a fecht wi' the snaw | I |
An the road was near smoort oot wi' drift | J |
While the maister at market had got on the ba' | G |
Sae I'd tint my ae chance o' a lift | J |
When I passed the auld inn as I cam' owre the hill | K |
Although I was mebbe to blame | E |
I bude to gang in bye an' swallow a gill | K |
That nicht that the bairnie cam' hame | E |
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Gude be thankit says I at the doctor's front door | L |
As I pu'd like mischeef at the bell | M |
But my he'rt gae a dunt at the story that runt | J |
O' a hoose keeper body'd to tell | M |
The man wasna in He was at the big hoose | F |
A sick dwam cam' richt owre my wame | E |
Hoo the deevil was I to get haud o' him noo | I |
That nicht that the bairnie cam' hame | E |
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The doctor was spendin' the nicht at the laird's | F |
For the leddy ye see was expeckin' | I |
A feckless bit cratur weel meanin' an' a' | N |
Though she ne'er got ayont the doo's cleckin' | I |
It's them that should hae them that hinna eneugh | B |
Fegs lads it's a damnable shame | E |
Here's me wi' a dizzen and aye at the pleugh | B |
Sin' that nicht that the bairnie cam' hame | E |
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What was I to dae I was at my wits' en' | I |
For Tibbie the howdie was fou | B |
An' e'en had I got her to traivel the road | J |
What use was she mair than the soo | F |
I was switin' wi' fear though my fingers was cauld | J |
An' my taes they were muckle the same | E |
Man my feet was that sair I was creepin' twa fauld | J |
That nicht that the bairnie cam' hame | E |
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Three hoors an' a hauf sin' I startit awa' | O |
An Deil faurer forrit was I | P |
Govy ding It's nae mows for the heid o' the hoose | F |
When the mistress has yokit to cry | P |
A set o' mis chanters like what I'd come through | F |
The strongest o' spirits would tame | E |
I was ettlin' to greet as I stude in the street | J |
That nicht that the bairnie cam' hame | E |
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But a voice that I kent soondit richt in my lug | Q |
Frae my he'rt it fair lifted a load | J |
As I tells him my story for wha should he be | G |
But the factor's son hame frae abroad | J |
It's a brute of a night but to doctor's my trade | J |
If ye'll have me my laddie I'm game | E |
An' he druve his ain trap seeven mile through the snaw | I |
That nicht that the bairnie cam' hame | E |
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Ay an' cracked like a pen gun the hail o' the road | J |
An' though I was prooder than ask | R |
When he fand I was grewsin' awa' at his side | J |
He filled me near fou frae his flask | R |
Syne when a' thing was owre an' I gruppit his han' | I |
Says the wife We maun gie him the name | E |
An' there's aye been a gude word for him i' the hoose | F |
Sin' the nicht that the bairnie cam' hame | E |
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