Donald Macgillavry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAAAAA BBAAAAAA AAAAAAAA CCBBAAAA AABBAAAA| Donald's gane up the hill hard and hungry | A |
| Donald comes down the hill wild and angry | A |
| Donald will clear the gouk's nest cleverly | A |
| Here's tae the king and Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Come like a weigh bauk Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Come like a weigh bauk Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Balance them fair and balance them cleverly | A |
| Off wi' the counterfeit Donald Macgillavry | A |
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| Donald's run o'er the hill but his tether man | B |
| As he were wud or stang'd wi' an ether man | B |
| When he comes back there's some will look merrily | A |
| Here's tae King James and Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Come like a weaver Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Come like a weaver Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Pack on your back an elwand sae cleverly | A |
| Gie them full measure my Donald Macgillavry | A |
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| Donald has foughten wi' reif and roguery | A |
| Donald has dinner'd wi' banes and beggery | A |
| Better it were for Whigs and Whiggery | A |
| Meeting the devil than Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Come like a tailor Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Come like a tailor Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Push about in and out thimble them cleverly | A |
| Here's tae King James and Donald Macgillavry | A |
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| Donald's the callan that brooks nae tangleness | C |
| Whigging and prigging and a' newfangleness | C |
| They maun be gane he winna be baukit man | B |
| He maun hae justice or faith he'll tak it man | B |
| Come like a cobler Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Come like a cobler Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Beat them and bore them and lingel them cleverly | A |
| Up wi' King James and Donald Macgillavry | A |
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| Donald was mumpit wi' mirds and mockery | A |
| Donald was blindid wi' blads o' property | A |
| Arles ran high but makings war naething man | B |
| Lord how Donald is flyting and fretting man | B |
| Come like the devil Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Come like the devil Donald Macgillavry | A |
| Skelp them an' scaud them that prov'd sae unbritherly | A |
| Up wi' King James and Donald Macgillavry | A |
James Hogg
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