Poet Lady Grisel Baillie

Lady Grisel Baillie

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Werena My Heart's Licht I Wad Dee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDC CCEC CCFA CCCC GGCC CCHC IJKK LLCC HMCC

There ance was a may and she lo'ed na menA
She biggit her bonnie bow'r doun in yon glenA
But now she cries Dool and a well a dayB
Come doun the green gait and come here awayB
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When bonnie young Johnnie cam owre the seaC
He said he saw naething sae lovely as meC
He hecht me baith rings and mony braw thingsD
And werena my heart's licht I wad deeC
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He had a wee titty that lo'ed na meC
Because I was twice as bonnie as sheC
She raised sic a pother 'twixt him and his motherE
That werena my heart's licht I wad deeC
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The day it was set and the bridal to beC
The wife took a dwam and lay doun to deeC
She maned and she graned out o' dolour and painF
Till he vow'd he never wad see me againA
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His kin was for ane of a higher degreeC
Said What had he do wi' the likes of meC
Appose I was bonnie I wasna for JohnnieC
And werena my heart's licht I wad deeC
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They said I had neither cow nor calfG
Nor dribbles o' drink rins thro' the draffG
Nor pickles o' meal rins thro' the mill e'eC
And werena my heart's licht I wad deeC
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His titty she was baith wylie and sleeC
She spied me as I cam owre the leaC
And then she ran in and made a loud dinH
Believe your ain e'en an ye trow not meC
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His bonnet stood ay fu' round on his browI
His auld ane look'd ay as well as some's newJ
But now he lets 't wear ony gait it will hingK
And casts himsel dowie upon the corn bingK
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And now he gaes daund'ring about the dykesL
And a' he dow do is to hund the tykesL
The live lang nicht he ne'er steeks his e'eC
And werena my heart's licht I wad deeC
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Were I but young for thee as I hae beenH
We should hae been gallopin' doun in yon greenM
And linkin' it owre the lily white leaC
And wow gin I were but young for theeC

Lady Grisel Baillie



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