My Highland Lassie, O Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB BBCB DDBB EEBB FFBB GGBB HHBB BBBB| NAE gentle dames tho' e'er sae fair | A |
| Shall ever be my muse's care | A |
| Their titles a' arc empty show | B |
| Gie me my Highland lassie O | B |
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| Chorus Within the glen sae bushy O | B |
| Aboon the plain sae rashy O | B |
| I set me down wi' right guid will | C |
| To sing my Highland lassie O | B |
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| O were yon hills and vallies mine | D |
| Yon palace and yon gardens fine | D |
| The world then the love should know | B |
| I bear my Highland Lassie O | B |
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| But fickle fortune frowns on me | E |
| And I maun cross the raging sea | E |
| But while my crimson currents flow | B |
| I'll love my Highland lassie O | B |
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| Altho' thro' foreign climes I range | F |
| I know her heart will never change | F |
| For her bosom burns with honour's glow | B |
| My faithful Highland lassie O | B |
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| For her I'll dare the billow's roar | G |
| For her I'll trace a distant shore | G |
| That Indian wealth may lustre throw | B |
| Around my Highland lassie O | B |
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| She has my heart she has my hand | H |
| By secret troth and honour's band | H |
| Till the mortal stroke shall lay me low | B |
| I'm thine my Highland lassie O | B |
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| Farewell the glen sae bushy O | B |
| Farewell the plain sae rashy O | B |
| To other lands I now must go | B |
| To sing my Highland lassie O | B |
Robert Burns
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