Last May A Braw Wooer. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABAA BCBCC DADAA E AFAFF E GCGCC E CECEE E HBHBB E EIEII| Tune The Lothian Lassie | A |
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| I | - |
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| Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen | B |
| And sair wi' his love he did deave me | A |
| I said there was naething I hated like men | B |
| The deuce gae wi'm to believe believe me | A |
| The deuce gae wi'm to believe me | A |
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| II | - |
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| He spak o' the darts in my bonnie black een | B |
| And vow'd for my love he was dying | C |
| I said he might die when he liked for Jean | B |
| The Lord forgie me for lying for lying | C |
| The Lord forgie me for lying | C |
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| III | - |
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| A weel stocked mailen himsel' for the laird | D |
| And marriage aff hand were his proffers | A |
| I never loot on that I kenn'd it or car'd | D |
| But thought I may hae waur offers waur offers | A |
| But thought I might hae waur offers | A |
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| IV | E |
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| But what wad ye think In a fortnight or less | A |
| The deil tak his taste to gae near her | F |
| He up the Gateslack to my black cousin Bess | A |
| Guess ye how the jad I could bear her could bear her | F |
| Guess ye how the jad I could bear her | F |
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| V | E |
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| But a' the niest week as I fretted wi' care | G |
| I gaed to the tryste o' Dalgarnock | C |
| And wha but my fine fickle lover was there | G |
| I glowr'd as I'd seen a warlock a warlock | C |
| I glowr'd as I'd seen a warlock | C |
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| VI | E |
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| But owre my left shouther I gae him a blink | C |
| Lest neebors might say I was saucy | E |
| My wooer he caper'd as he'd been in drink | C |
| And vow'd I was his dear lassie dear lassie | E |
| And vow'd I was his dear lassie | E |
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| VII | E |
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| I spier'd for my cousin fu' couthy and sweet | H |
| Gin she had recovered her hearin' | B |
| And how my auld shoon suited her shauchled feet | H |
| But heavens how he fell a swearin' a swearin' | B |
| But heavens how he fell a swearin' | B |
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| VIII | E |
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| He begged for Gudesake I wad be his wife | E |
| Or else I wad kill him wi' sorrow | I |
| So e'en to preserve the poor body in life | E |
| I think I maun wed him to morrow to morrow | I |
| I think I maun wed him to morrow | I |
Robert Burns
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