Country Lassie. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFCF BBGBBHBH BGIDDHJH K CHCHHGHG K CIK BJB| Tune The Country Lass | A |
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| I | - |
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| In simmer when the hay was mawn | B |
| And corn wav'd green in ilka field | C |
| While claver blooms white o'er the lea | D |
| And roses blaw in ilka bield | C |
| Blithe Bessie in the milking shiel | E |
| Says I'll be wed come o't what will | F |
| Out spak a dame in wrinkled eild | C |
| O' guid advisement comes nae ill | F |
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| II | - |
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| It's ye hae wooers mony ane | B |
| And lassie ye're but young ye ken | B |
| Then wait a wee and cannie wale | G |
| A routhie butt a routhie ben | B |
| There's Johnie o' the Buskie glen | B |
| Fu' is his burn fu' is his byre | H |
| Tak this frae me my bonnie hen | B |
| It's plenty beets the luver's fire | H |
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| III | - |
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| For Johnie o' the Buskie glen | B |
| I dinna care a single flie | G |
| He lo'es sae weel his craps and kye | I |
| He has nae luve to spare for me | D |
| But blithe's the blink o' Robie's e'e | D |
| And weel I wat he lo'es me dear | H |
| Ae blink o' him I wad nae gie | J |
| For Buskie glen and a' his gear | H |
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| IV | K |
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| O thoughtless lassie life's a faught | C |
| The canniest gate the strife is sair | H |
| But ay fu' han't is fechtin best | C |
| An hungry care's an unco care | H |
| But some will spend and some will spare | H |
| An' wilfu' folk maun hae their will | G |
| Syne as ye brew my maiden fair | H |
| Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill | G |
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| V | K |
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| O gear will buy me rigs o' land | C |
| And gear will buy me sheep and kye | I |
| But the tender heart o' leesome luve | K |
| The gowd and siller canna buy | - |
| We may be poor Robie and I | - |
| Light is the burden luve lays on | B |
| Content and luve brings peace and joy | J |
| What mair hae queens upon a throne | B |
Robert Burns
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About Country Lassie.
Country Lassie. is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.