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 men | A |
| She biggit her bonnie bow'r doun in yon glen | A |
| But now she cries Dool and a well a day | B |
| Come doun the green gait and come here away | B |
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| When bonnie young Johnnie cam owre the sea | C |
| He said he saw naething sae lovely as me | C |
| He hecht me baith rings and mony braw things | D |
| And werena my heart's licht I wad dee | C |
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| He had a wee titty that lo'ed na me | C |
| Because I was twice as bonnie as she | C |
| She raised sic a pother 'twixt him and his mother | E |
| That werena my heart's licht I wad dee | C |
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| The day it was set and the bridal to be | C |
| The wife took a dwam and lay doun to dee | C |
| She maned and she graned out o' dolour and pain | F |
| Till he vow'd he never wad see me again | A |
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| His kin was for ane of a higher degree | C |
| Said What had he do wi' the likes of me | C |
| Appose I was bonnie I wasna for Johnnie | C |
| And werena my heart's licht I wad dee | C |
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| They said I had neither cow nor calf | G |
| Nor dribbles o' drink rins thro' the draff | G |
| Nor pickles o' meal rins thro' the mill e'e | C |
| And werena my heart's licht I wad dee | C |
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| His titty she was baith wylie and slee | C |
| She spied me as I cam owre the lea | C |
| And then she ran in and made a loud din | H |
| Believe your ain e'en an ye trow not me | C |
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| His bonnet stood ay fu' round on his brow | I |
| His auld ane look'd ay as well as some's new | J |
| But now he lets 't wear ony gait it will hing | K |
| And casts himsel dowie upon the corn bing | K |
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| And now he gaes daund'ring about the dykes | L |
| And a' he dow do is to hund the tykes | L |
| The live lang nicht he ne'er steeks his e'e | C |
| And werena my heart's licht I wad dee | C |
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| Were I but young for thee as I hae been | H |
| We should hae been gallopin' doun in yon green | M |
| And linkin' it owre the lily white lea | C |
| And wow gin I were but young for thee | C |
Lady Grisel Baillie
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