Bonnie Lassie, Will Ye Go. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCCA BBBA DDDA BBBA E BBBA E EEEACCCA| Tune The birks of Aberfeldy | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Bonnie lassie will ye go | C |
| Will ye go will ye go | C |
| Bonnie lassie will ye go | C |
| To the birks of Aberfeldy | A |
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| I | - |
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| Now simmer blinks on flowery braes | B |
| And o'er the crystal streamlet plays | B |
| Come let us spend the lightsome days | B |
| In the birks of Aberfeldy | A |
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| II | - |
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| The little birdies blithely sing | D |
| While o'er their heads the hazels hing | D |
| Or lightly flit on wanton wing | D |
| In the birks of Aberfeldy | A |
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| III | - |
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| The braes ascend like lofty wa's | B |
| The foamy stream deep roaring fa's | B |
| O'erhung wi' fragrant spreading shaws | B |
| The birks of Aberfeldy | A |
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| IV | E |
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| The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers | B |
| White o'er the linns the burnie pours | B |
| And rising weets wi' misty showers | B |
| The birks of Aberfeldy | A |
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| V | E |
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| Let Fortune's gifts at random flee | E |
| They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me | E |
| Supremely blest wi' love and thee | E |
| In the birks of Aberfeldy | A |
| Bonnie lassie will ye go | C |
| Will ye go will ye go | C |
| Bonnie lassie will ye go | C |
| To the birks of Aberfeldy | A |
Robert Burns
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