Cock Up Your Beaver. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEABA AFAFGGBG| Tune Cock up your beaver | A |
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| I | - |
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| When first my brave Johnnie lad | B |
| Came to this town | C |
| He had a blue bonnet | D |
| That wanted the crown | C |
| But now he has gotten | E |
| A hat and a feather | A |
| Hey brave Johnnie lad | B |
| Cock up your beaver | A |
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| II | - |
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| Cock up your beaver | A |
| And cock it fu' sprush | F |
| We'll over the border | A |
| And gie them a brush | F |
| There's somebody there | G |
| We'll teach better behaviour | G |
| Hey brave Johnnie lad | B |
| Cock up your beaver | G |
Robert Burns
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