My Harry Was A Gallant Gay. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDDDED FDGD DHDDDED| Tune Highland's Lament | A |
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| I | - |
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| My Harry was a gallant gay | B |
| Fu' stately strode he on the plain | C |
| But now he's banish'd far away | B |
| I'll never see him back again | D |
| O for him back again | D |
| O for him back again | D |
| I wad gie a' Knockhaspie's land | E |
| For Highland Harry back again | D |
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| II | - |
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| When a' the lave gae to their bed | F |
| I wander dowie up the glen | D |
| I set me down and greet my fill | G |
| And ay I wish him back again | D |
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| III | - |
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| O were some villains hangit high | - |
| And ilka body had their ain | D |
| Then I might see the joyfu' sight | H |
| My Highland Harry back again | D |
| O for him back again | D |
| O for him back again | D |
| I wad gie a' Knockhaspie's land | E |
| For Highland Harry back again | D |
Robert Burns
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