Ca' The Yowes To The Knowes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB DDDE AAAE BBBB FFFBCa' the yowes to the knowes | A |
Ca' them where the heather grows | A |
Ca' them where the burnie rows | A |
My bonie dearie | B |
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Hark the mavis' evening sang | C |
Sounding Cluden's woods amang | C |
Then a fauldin let us gang | C |
My bonie dearie | B |
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We'll gae down by Cluden side | D |
Thro' the hazels spreading wide | D |
O'er the waves that sweetly glide | D |
To the moon sae clearly | E |
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Yonder Cluden's silent towers | A |
Where at moonshine midnight hours | A |
O'er the dewy bending flowers | A |
Fairies dance sae cheery | E |
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Ghaist nor bogle shalt thou fear | B |
Thou 'rt to love and Heaven sae dear | B |
Nocht of ill may come thee near | B |
My bonie dearie | B |
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Fair and lovely as thou art | F |
Thou hast stown my very heart | F |
I can die but canna part | F |
My bonie dearie | B |
Robert Burns
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