Rothesay Bay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHDIJE DE FKDKDEDE LDEDFEFE| FU' yellow lie the corn rigs | A |
| Far doun the braid hillside | B |
| It is the brawest harst field | C |
| Alang the shores o'Clyde | B |
| And I'm a puir harst lassie | D |
| That stan's the lee lang day | E |
| Shearing the corn rigs of Ardbeg | F |
| Aboon sweet Rothesay Bay | E |
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| O I had ance a true love | G |
| Now I hae nane ava | H |
| And I had ance three brithers | D |
| But I hae tint them a' | I |
| My father and my mither | J |
| Sleep i' the mools this day | E |
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| I sit my lane amang the rigs | D |
| Aboon sweet Rothesay Bay | E |
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| It's a bonnie bay at morning | F |
| And bonnier at the noon | K |
| But it's bonniest when the sun draps | D |
| And red comes up the moon | K |
| When the mist creeps o'er the Cambrays | D |
| And Arran peaks are gray | E |
| And the great black hills like sleepin' kings | D |
| Sit grand roun' Rothesay Bay | E |
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| Then a bit sigh stirs my bosom | L |
| And a wee tear blin's my e'e | D |
| And I think o'that far Countrie | E |
| What I wad like to be | D |
| But I rise content i' the morning | F |
| To wark while wark I may | E |
| I' the yellow harst field of Ardbeg | F |
| Aboon sweet Rothesay Bay | E |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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