Airlin's Fine Braes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDCC EECC FFCC GGCC HHCC| O I've walked o'er yon countries baith early and late | A |
| Among Airlin's braw lasses I've had mony a lang seat | B |
| Comin' hame in the mornins fin I should have been at ease | C |
| Fin I wis a plooboy on Airlin's fine braes | C |
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| O the first thing I did fin I gaed hame tae yon toon | D |
| Wis to corn my horses and rub them weel doon | D |
| Then aff tae the bothy and tak aff my claes | C |
| And pull on the rovers o' Airlin's fine braes | C |
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| Noo the haill lang days I gaed at the yoke | E |
| My mind it was turnin' ow'r some mysterious joke | E |
| Knockin' doon people's haystacks fin I should have been at ease | C |
| Fin I wis a plooboy on Airlin's fine braes | C |
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| O it's mony's the nicht I've sat by yon fire | F |
| Sometimes in the barn sometimes in the byre | F |
| Sittin' the haill nicht lang fin I should have been at ease | C |
| Fin I wis a plooboy on Airlin's fine braes | C |
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| And when by their windows I softly did kneel | G |
| And when they did hear me they sprung to their heel | G |
| Comin' doon the stairs half naked nae pittin on their claes | C |
| Sayin' here's wer braw plooboy o' Airlin's fine braes | C |
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| Now come a' ye single fellows take a warnin from me | H |
| Keep clear o' those women faure'er they may be | H |
| For they will entice you by puttin' on braw claes | C |
| And send you a rover in Airlin's fine braes | C |
Robert Burns
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