My Heart Was Ance. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEAFA GHBH DIJI K LGMG K NGDG K GOGOEAFA| Tune To the weavers gin ye go | A |
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| I | - |
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| My heart was ance as blythe and free | B |
| As simmer days were lang | C |
| But a bonnie westlin weaver lad | D |
| Has gart me change my sang | C |
| To the weavers gin ye go fair maids | E |
| To the weavers gin ye go | A |
| I rede you right gang ne'er at night | F |
| To the weavers gin ye go | A |
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| II | - |
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| My mither sent me to the town | G |
| To warp a plaiden wab | H |
| But the weary weary warpin o't | B |
| Has gart me sigh and sab | H |
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| III | - |
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| A bonnie westlin weaver lad | D |
| Sat working at his loom | I |
| He took my heart as wi' a net | J |
| In every knot and thrum | I |
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| IV | K |
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| I sat beside my warpin wheel | L |
| And ay I ca'd it roun' | G |
| But every shot and every knock | M |
| My heart it gae a stoun | G |
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| V | K |
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| The moon was sinking in the west | N |
| Wi' visage pale and wan | G |
| As my bonnie westlin weaver lad | D |
| Convoy'd me thro' the glen | G |
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| VI | K |
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| But what was said or what was done | G |
| Shame fa' me gin I tell | O |
| But oh I fear the kintra soon | G |
| Will ken as weel's mysel | O |
| To the weavers gin ye go fair maids | E |
| To the weavers gin ye go | A |
| I rede you right gang ne'er at night | F |
| To the weavers gin ye go | A |
Robert Burns
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