Ca' The Yowes To The Knowes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CDDB CCC EEE FFG HDD AIA| Ca' the yowes to the knowes | A |
| Ca' them where the heather grows | A |
| Ca' them where the burnie rows | A |
| My bonnie dearie | B |
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| As I gaed down the water side | C |
| There I met my shepherd lad | D |
| He row'd me sweetly in his plaid | D |
| And he ca'd me his dearie | B |
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| 'Will ye gang down the water side | C |
| And see the waves sae sweetly glide | C |
| Beneath the hazels spreading wide | C |
| The moon it shines fu' clearly ' | - |
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| 'I was bred up at nae sic school | E |
| My shepherd lad to play the fool | E |
| And a' the day to sit in dool | E |
| And naebody to see me ' | - |
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| 'Ye sall get gowns and ribbons meet | F |
| Cauf leather shoon upon your feet | F |
| And in my arms ye'se lie and sleep | G |
| And ye sall be my dearie ' | - |
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| 'If ye'll but stand to what ye've said | H |
| I'se gang wi' you my shepherd lad | D |
| And ye may row me in your plaid | D |
| And I sall be your dearie ' | - |
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| 'While waters wimple to the sea | A |
| While day blinks in the lift sae hie | I |
| Till clay cauld death sall blin' my e'e | A |
| Ye aye sall be my dearie ' | - |
Isobel Pagan
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