First When Maggy Was My Care. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBACCCA ABAADDAA| Tune Whistle o'er the lave o't | A |
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| I | - |
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| First when Maggy was my care | B |
| Heaven I thought was in her air | B |
| Now we're married spier nae mair | B |
| Whistle o'er the lave o't | A |
| Meg was meek and Meg was mild | C |
| Bonnie Meg was nature's child | C |
| Wiser men than me's beguil'd | C |
| Whistle o'er the lave o't | A |
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| II | - |
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| How we live my Meg and me | A |
| How we love and how we 'gree | B |
| I care na by how few may see | A |
| Whistle o'er the lave o't | A |
| Wha I wish were maggot's meat | D |
| Dish'd up in her winding sheet | D |
| I could write but Meg maun see't | A |
| Whistle o'er the lave o't | A |
Robert Burns
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