Ballad On Mr. Heron's Election-no. 3 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DECE FGHG IJKL MNIN OPQP OOOO RRNR NNNN OOOO OSNS PNPN NRTR GUGU OPOP OUOU NVOV'TWAS in the seventeen hunder year | A |
O' grace and ninety five | B |
That year I was the wae'est man | C |
Of ony man alive | B |
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In March the three an' twentieth morn | D |
The sun raise clear an' bright | E |
But oh I was a waefu' man | C |
Ere to fa' o' the night | E |
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Yerl Galloway lang did rule this land | F |
Wi' equal right and fame | G |
And thereto was his kinsmen join'd | H |
The Murray's noble name | G |
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Yerl Galloway's man o' men was I | I |
And chief o' Broughton's host | J |
So twa blind beggars on a string | K |
The faithfu' tyke will trust | L |
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But now Yerl Galloway's sceptre's broke | M |
And Broughton's wi' the slain | N |
And I my ancient craft may try | I |
Sin' honesty is gane | N |
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'Twas by the banks o' bonie Dee | O |
Beside Kirkcudbright's towers | P |
The Stewart and the Murray there | Q |
Did muster a' their powers | P |
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Then Murray on the auld grey yaud | O |
Wi' winged spurs did ride | O |
That auld grey yaud a' Nidsdale rade | O |
He staw upon Nidside | O |
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And there had na been the Yerl himsel | R |
O there had been nae play | R |
But Garlies was to London gane | N |
And sae the kye might stray | R |
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And there was Balmaghie I ween | N |
In front rank he wad shine | N |
But Balmaghie had better been | N |
Drinkin' Madeira wine | N |
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And frae Glenkens cam to our aid | O |
A chief o' doughty deed | O |
In case that worth should wanted be | O |
O' Kenmure we had need | O |
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And by our banners march'd Muirhead | O |
And Buittle was na slack | S |
Whase haly priesthood nane could stain | N |
For wha could dye the black | S |
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And there was grave squire Cardoness | P |
Look'd on till a' was done | N |
Sae in the tower o' Cardoness | P |
A howlet sits at noon | N |
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And there led I the Bushby clan | N |
My gamesome billie Will | R |
And my son Maitland wise as brave | T |
My footsteps follow'd still | R |
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The Douglas and the Heron's name | G |
We set nought to their score | U |
The Douglas and the Heron's name | G |
Had felt our weight before | U |
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But Douglasses o' weight had we | O |
The pair o' lusty lairds | P |
For building cot houses sae fam'd | O |
And christenin' kail yards | P |
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And there Redcastle drew his sword | O |
That ne'er was stain'd wi' gore | U |
Save on a wand'rer lame and blind | O |
To drive him frae his door | U |
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And last cam creepin' Collieston | N |
Was mair in fear than wrath | V |
Ae knave was constant in his mind | O |
To keep that knave frae scaith | V |
Robert Burns
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