Granny Canty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB BBCC DEFF CCGG HIJK BBBB BBBB BBLL EMBB| What maks ye sae canty granny dear | A |
| Has some kin' body been for ye to speir | A |
| Ye luik as smilin an' fain an' willin | B |
| As gien ye had fun a bonny shillin | B |
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| Ye think I luik canty my bonny man | B |
| Sittin watchin the last o' the sun sae gran' | B |
| Weel an' I'm thinkin ye're no that wrang | C |
| For 'deed i' my hert there's a wordless sang | C |
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| Ken ye the meanin o' canty my dow | D |
| It's bein i' the humour o' singin I trow | E |
| An' though nae sang ever crosses my lips | F |
| I'm aye like to sing whan anither sun dips | F |
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| For the time wee laddie the time grows lang | C |
| Sin' I saw the man wha's sicht was my sang | C |
| Yer gran'father that's an' the sun's last glim | G |
| Says aye to me 'Lass ye're a mile nearer him | G |
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| For he's hame afore me an' lang's the road | H |
| He fain at my side wud hae timed his plod | I |
| But eh he was sent for an' hurried awa | J |
| Noo I'm thinkin he's harkin to hear my fit fa' | K |
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| But grannie yer face is sae lirkit an' thin | B |
| Wi' a doun luikin nose an' an up luikin chin | B |
| An' a mou clumpit up oot o' sicht atween | B |
| Like the witherin half o' an auld weary mune | B |
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| Hoot laddie ye needna glower yersel blin' | B |
| The body 'at loos sees far throu the skin | B |
| An' believe me or no the hoor's comin amain | B |
| Whan ugly auld fowk 'ill be bonny again | B |
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| For there is ane an' it's no my dear man | B |
| Though I loo him as nane but a wife's hert can | B |
| The joy o' beholdin wha's gran' lovely face | L |
| Til mak me like him in a' 'at's ca'd grace | L |
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| But what I am like I carena a strae | E |
| Sae lang as I'm his an' what he wud hae | M |
| Be ye a guid man John an' ae day ye'll ken | B |
| What maks granny canty yont four score an' ten | B |
George Macdonald
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