Hey For A Lass Wi' A Tocher. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBBAAAC DDDD EEEEAAAC| Tune Balinamona Ora | A |
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| I | - |
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| Awa wi' your witchcraft o' beauty's alarms | B |
| The slender bit beauty you grasp in your arms | B |
| O gie me the lass that has acres o' charms | B |
| O gie me the lass wi' the weel stockit farms | B |
| Then hey for a lass wi' a tocher | A |
| Then hey for a lass wi' a tocher | A |
| Then hey for a lass wi' a tocher | A |
| The nice yellow guineas for me | C |
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| Your beauty's a flower in the morning that blows | D |
| And withers the faster the faster it grows | D |
| But the rapturous charm o' the bonnie green knowes | D |
| Ilk spring they're new deckit wi' bonnie white yowes | D |
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| And e'en when this beauty your bosom has blest | E |
| The brightest o' beauty may cloy when possest | E |
| But the sweet yellow darlings wi' Geordie imprest | E |
| The langer ye hae them the mair they're carest | E |
| Then hey for a lass wi' a tocher | A |
| Then hey for a lass wi' a tocher | A |
| Then hey for a lass wi' a tocher | A |
| The nice yellow guineas for me | C |
Robert Burns
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About Hey For A Lass Wi' A Tocher.
Hey For A Lass Wi' A Tocher. is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.