Had I The Wyte. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABACABA DEDEFEFE GEGEGEGE H IAGAAAAA| Tune Had I the wyte she bade me | A |
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| Had I the wyte had I the wyte | B |
| Had I the wyte she bade me | A |
| She watch'd me by the hie gate side | B |
| And up the loan she shaw'd me | A |
| And when I wadna venture in | C |
| A coward loon she ca'd me | A |
| Had kirk and state been in the gate | B |
| I lighted when she bade me | A |
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| Sae craftilie she took me ben | D |
| And bade me make nae clatter | E |
| For our ramgunshoch glum gudeman | D |
| Is out and owre the water | E |
| Whae'er shall say I wanted grace | F |
| When I did kiss and dawte her | E |
| Let him be planted in my place | F |
| Syne say I was the fautor | E |
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| Could I for shame could I for shame | G |
| Could I for shame refused her | E |
| And wadna manhood been to blame | G |
| Had I unkindly used her | E |
| He claw'd her wi' the ripplin kame | G |
| And blue and bluidy bruised her | E |
| When sic a husband was frae hame | G |
| What wife but had excused her | E |
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| IV | H |
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| I dighted ay her een sae blue | I |
| And bann'd the cruel randy | A |
| And weel I wat her willing mou' | G |
| Was e'en like sugar candy | A |
| A gloamin shot it was I wot | A |
| I lighted on the Monday | A |
| But I cam through the Tysday's dew | A |
| To wanton Willie's brandy | A |
Robert Burns
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