My Heart Is A-breaking, Dear Tittie. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABA CACA DADA E BABA B FAFA E GAGA E AAAA E BABA| Tune Tam Glen | A |
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| I | - |
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| My heart is a breaking dear Tittie | B |
| Some counsel unto me come len' | A |
| To anger them a' is a pity | B |
| But what will I do wi' Tam Glen | A |
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| II | - |
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| I'm thinking wi' sic a braw fellow | C |
| In poortith I might make a fen' | A |
| What care I in riches to wallow | C |
| If I maunna marry Tam Glen | A |
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| III | - |
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| There's Lowrie the laird o' Dumeller | D |
| Gude day to you brute he comes ben | A |
| He brags and he blaws o' his siller | D |
| But when will he dance like Tam Glen | A |
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| IV | E |
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| My minnie does constantly deave me | B |
| And bids me beware o' young men | A |
| They flatter she says to deceive me | B |
| But wha can think so o' Tam Glen | A |
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| V | B |
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| My daddie says gin I'll forsake him | F |
| He'll gie me guid hunder marks ten | A |
| But if it's ordain'd I maun take him | F |
| O wha will I get but Tam Glen | A |
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| VI | E |
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| Yestreen at the Valentine's dealing | G |
| My heart to my mou' gied a sten | A |
| For thrice I drew ane without failing | G |
| And thrice it was written Tam Glen | A |
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| VII | E |
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| The last Halloween I was waukin | A |
| My droukit sark sleeve as ye ken | A |
| His likeness cam up the house staukin | A |
| And the very grey breeks o' Tam Glen | A |
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| VIII | E |
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| Come counsel dear Tittie don't tarry | B |
| I'll gie you my bonnie black hen | A |
| Gif ye will advise me to marry | B |
| The lad that I lo'e dearly Tam Glen | A |
Robert Burns
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