I Gaed A Waefu' Gate Yestreen. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDCDC DEDCDEDC| Air The blue eyed lass | A |
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| I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen | B |
| A gate I fear I'll dearlie rue | C |
| I gat my death frae twa sweet een | B |
| Twa lovely een o' bonnie blue | C |
| 'Twas not her golden ringlets bright | D |
| Her lips like roses wat wi' dew | C |
| Her heaving bosom lily white | D |
| It was her een sae bonnie blue | C |
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| She talk'd she smil'd my heart she wyl'd | D |
| She charm'd my soul I wist na how | E |
| And ay the stound the deadly wound | D |
| Cam frae her een sae bonnie blue | C |
| But spare to speak and spare to speed | D |
| She'll aiblins listen to my vow | E |
| Should she refuse I'll lay my dead | D |
| To her twa een sae bonnie blue | C |
Robert Burns
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