The Coorse Cratur Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGB DHDH IDID BDBD BDBD| The Lord gaed wi' a crood o' men | A |
| Throu Jericho the bonny | B |
| 'Twas ill the Son o' Man to ken | A |
| Mang sons o' men sae mony | B |
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| The wee bit son o' man Zacchay | C |
| To see the Maister seekit | D |
| He speilt a fig tree bauld an' shy | C |
| An' sae his shortness ekit | D |
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| But as he thoucht to see his back | E |
| Roun turnt the haill face til 'im | F |
| Up luikit straucht an' til 'im spak | E |
| His hert gaed like to kill 'im | F |
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| Come doun Zacchay bestir yersel | G |
| This nicht I want a lodgin | B |
| Like a ripe aipple 'maist he fell | G |
| Nor needit ony nudgin | B |
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| But up amang the unco guid | D |
| There rase a murmurin won'er | H |
| This is a deemis want o' heed | D |
| The man's a special sinner | H |
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| Up spak Zacchay his hert ableeze | I |
| Half mine the puir Lord hae it | D |
| Gien oucht I've taen by ony lees | I |
| Fourfauld again I pay it | D |
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| Then Jesus said This is a man | B |
| His hoose I'm here to save it | D |
| He's are o' Abraham's ain clan | B |
| An' siclike has behavit | D |
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| I cam the lost to seek an' win | B |
| Zacchay was are he wantit | D |
| To ony man that left his sin | B |
| His grace he never scantit | D |
George Macdonald
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