The Waesome Carl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEEEAE CGHGEIGIE JHKHLAFAEEAE EALAKACAE JFEAAAAAE CEAEFCFCEEAE AEAEMEMIEEAE FGAIJJJJEEKE NCNCNCNCEEGEThere cam a man to oor toon en' | A |
And a waesome carl was he | B |
Snipie nebbit and crookit mou'd | C |
And gleyt o' a blinterin ee | B |
Muckle he spied and muckle he spak | D |
But the owercome o' his sang | E |
Whatever it said was aye the same | F |
There's nane o' ye a' but's wrang | E |
Ye're a' wrang and a' wrang | E |
And a'thegither a' wrang | E |
There's no a man aboot the toon | A |
But's a'thegither a' wrang | E |
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That's no the gait to fire the breid | C |
Nor yet to brew the yill | G |
That's no the gait to haud the pleuch | H |
Nor yet to ca the mill | G |
That's no the gait to milk the coo | E |
Nor yet to spean the calf | I |
Nor yet to tramp the girnel meal | G |
Ye kenna yer wark by half | I |
Ye're a' wrang c | E |
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The minister wasna fit to pray | J |
And lat alane to preach | H |
He nowther had the gift o' grace | K |
Nor yet the gift o' speech | H |
He mind't him o' Balaaem's ass | L |
Wi' a differ we micht ken | A |
The Lord he opened the ass's mou | F |
The minister opened's ain | A |
He was a' wrang and a' wrang | E |
And a'thegither a' wrang | E |
There wasna a man aboot the toon | A |
But was a'thegither a' wrang | E |
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The puir precentor couldna sing | E |
He gruntit like a swine | A |
The verra elders couldna pass | L |
The ladles til his min' | A |
And for the rulin' elder's grace | K |
It wasna worth a horn | A |
He didna half uncurse the meat | C |
Nor pray for mair the morn | A |
He was a' wrang c | E |
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And aye he gied his nose a thraw | J |
And aye he crook't his mou | F |
And aye he cockit up his ee | E |
And said Tak tent the noo | A |
We snichert hint oor loof my man | A |
But never said him nay | A |
As gien he had been a prophet man | A |
We loot him say his say | A |
Ye're a' wrang c | E |
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Quo oor gudeman The crater's daft | C |
Heard ye ever sic a claik | E |
Lat's see gien he can turn a ban' | A |
Or only luik and craik | E |
It's true we maunna lippin til him | F |
He's fairly crack wi' pride | C |
But he maun live we canna kill him | F |
Gien he can work he s' bide | C |
He was a' wrang and a' wrang | E |
And a'thegither a' wrang | E |
There troth the gudeman o' the toon | A |
Was a'thegither a' wrang | E |
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Quo he It's but a laddie's turn | A |
But best the first be a sma' thing | E |
There's a' thae weyds to gether and burn | A |
And he's the man for a' thing | E |
We yokit for the far hill moss | M |
There was peats to cast and ca | E |
O' 's company we thoucht na loss | M |
'Twas peace till gloamin fa' | I |
We war a' wrang and a' wrang | E |
And a'thegither a' wrang | E |
There wasna man aboot the toon | A |
But was a'thegither a' wrang | E |
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For losh or it was denner time | F |
The toon was in a low | G |
The reek rase up as it had been | A |
Frae Sodom flames I vow | I |
We lowst and rade like mad for byre | J |
And ruck bleezt a' thegither | J |
As gien the deil had broucht the fire | J |
Frae's hell to mak anither | J |
'Twas a' wrang and a' wrang | E |
And a'thegither a' wrang | E |
Stick and strae aboot the place | K |
Was a'thegither a' wrang | E |
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And luikin on ban's neth his tails | N |
The waesome carl stude | C |
To see him wagglin at thae tails | N |
'Maist drave 's a' fairly wud | C |
Ain wite he cried I tauld ye sae | N |
Ye're a' wrang to the last | C |
What gart ye burn thae deevilich weyds | N |
Whan the win' blew frae the wast | C |
Ye're a' wrang and a' wrang | E |
And a'thegither a' wrang | E |
There's no a man i' this fule warl | G |
But's a'thegither a' wrang | E |
George Macdonald
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