Green Grow The Rashes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CACA DAEA CACA FAGA GACA| Green grow the rashes O | A |
| Green grow the rashes O | A |
| The sweetest hours that e'er I spend | B |
| Are spent amang the lasses O | A |
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| There's nought but care on every han' | C |
| In every hour that passes O | A |
| What signifies the life o' man | C |
| An 'twere na for the lasses O | A |
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| The warl'ly race may riches chase | D |
| An' riches still may fly them O | A |
| An' though at last they catch them fast | E |
| Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them O | A |
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| But gi'e me a canny hour at e'en | C |
| My arms about my dearie O | A |
| An' warl'ly cares an' warl'ly men | C |
| May a' gae tapsalteerie O | A |
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| For you sae douce ye sneer at this | F |
| Ye're nought but senseless asses O | A |
| The wisest man the warl' e'er saw | G |
| He dearly loved the lasses O | A |
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| Auld Nature swears the lovely dears | G |
| Her noblest work she classes O | A |
| Her 'prentice han' she tried on man | C |
| An' then she made the lasses O | A |
Robert Burns
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