Contented Wi' Little. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBAA CCDE FGHH F IAJK| Tune Lumps o' Pudding | A |
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| I | - |
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| Contented wi' little and cantie wi' mair | B |
| Whene'er I forgather wi' sorrow end care | B |
| I gie them a skelp as they're creepin alang | A |
| Wi' a cog o' guid swats and an auld Scottish sang | A |
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| II | - |
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| I whyles claw the elbow o' troublesome thought | C |
| But man is a sodger and life is a faught | C |
| My mirth and guid humour are coin in my pouch | D |
| And my freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch | E |
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| III | - |
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| A towmond o' trouble should that be my fa' | F |
| A night o' guid fellowship sowthers it a' | G |
| When at the blithe end o' our journey at last | H |
| Wha the deil ever thinks o' the road he has past | H |
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| IV | F |
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| Blind chance let her snapper and stoyte on her way | I |
| Be't to me be't frae me e'en let the jade gae | A |
| Come ease or come travail come pleasure or pain | J |
| My warst word is Welcome and welcome again | K |
Robert Burns
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