Blithe Was She. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDD EFGF HDDD ECIC J KDGDCDDD| Tune Andro and his cutty gun | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Blithe blithe and merry was she | C |
| Blithe was she but and ben | D |
| Blithe by the banks of Ern | D |
| And blithe in Glenturit glen | D |
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| By Auchtertyre grows the aik | E |
| On Yarrow banks the birken shaw | F |
| But Phemie was a bonnier lass | G |
| Than braes of Yarrow ever saw | F |
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| II | - |
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| Her looks were like a flow'r in May | H |
| Her smile was like a simmer morn | D |
| She tripped by the banks of Ern | D |
| As light's a bird upon a thorn | D |
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| Her bonnie face it was as meek | E |
| As any lamb upon a lea | C |
| The evening sun was ne'er sae sweet | I |
| As was the blink o' Phemie's ee | C |
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| IV | J |
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| The Highland hills I've wander'd wide | K |
| And o'er the Lowlands I hae been | D |
| But Phemie was the blithest lass | G |
| That ever trod the dewy green | D |
| Blithe blithe and merry was she | C |
| Blithe was she but and ben | D |
| Blithe by the banks of Ern | D |
| And blithe in Glenturit glen | D |
Robert Burns
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