I Am My Mammy's Ae Bairn. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCAABA BCDC ECBCAABA| Tune I'm o'er young to marry yet | A |
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| I | - |
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| I am my mammy's ae bairn | B |
| Wi' unco folk I weary Sir | C |
| And lying in a man's bed | D |
| I'm fley'd it make me eerie Sir | C |
| I'm o'er young to marry yet | A |
| I'm o'er young to marry yet | A |
| I'm o'er young 'twad be a sin | B |
| To tak' me frae my mammy yet | A |
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| II | - |
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| Hallowmas is come and gane | B |
| The nights are lang in winter Sir | C |
| And you an' I in ae bed | D |
| In trouth I dare na venture Sir | C |
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| III | - |
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| Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind | E |
| Blaws through the leafless timmer Sir | C |
| But if ye come this gate again | B |
| I'll aulder be gin simmer Sir | C |
| I'm o'er young to marry yet | A |
| I'm o'er young to marry yet | A |
| I'm o'er young 'twad be a sin | B |
| To tak me frae my mammy yet | A |
Robert Burns
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