Election Ballad For Westerha' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB BDBE FBGBB HBIBB BBJBBTHE LADDIES by the banks o' Nith | A |
Wad trust his Grace wi a' Jamie | B |
But he'll sair them as he sair'd the King | C |
Turn tail and rin awa' Jamie | B |
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Chorus Up and waur them a' Jamie | B |
Up and waur them a' | D |
The Johnstones hae the guidin o't | B |
Ye turncoat Whigs awa' | E |
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The day he stude his country's friend | F |
Or gied her faes a claw Jamie | B |
Or frae puir man a blessin wan | G |
That day the Duke ne'er saw Jamie | B |
Up and waur them c | B |
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But wha is he his country's boast | H |
Like him there is na twa Jamie | B |
There's no a callent tents the kye | I |
But kens o' Westerha' Jamie | B |
Up and waur them c | B |
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To end the wark here's Whistlebirk | B |
Lang may his whistle blaw Jamie | B |
And Maxwell true o' sterling blue | J |
And we'll be Johnstones a' Jamie | B |
Up and waur them c | B |
Robert Burns
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