O Philly, Happy Be That Day. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCCB B DEEB B FGFB B HHHB B IJIB B KKKB B LLMB B CCCB B NNNB B JBBBTune The Sow's Tail | A |
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He | B |
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O Philly happy be that day | C |
When roving through the gather'd hay | C |
My youthfu' heart was stown away | C |
And by thy charms my Philly | B |
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She | B |
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O Willy ay I bless the grove | D |
Where first I own'd my maiden love | E |
Whilst thou didst pledge the powers above | E |
To be my ain dear Willy | B |
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He | B |
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As songsters of the early year | F |
Are ilka day mair sweet to hear | G |
So ilka day to me mair dear | F |
And charming is my Philly | B |
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She | B |
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As on the brier the budding rose | H |
Still richer breathes and fairer blows | H |
So in my tender bosom grows | H |
The love I bear my Willy | B |
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He | B |
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The milder sun and bluer sky | I |
That crown my harvest cares wi' joy | J |
Were ne'er sae welcome to my eye | I |
As is a sight o' Philly | B |
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She | B |
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The little swallow's wanton wing | K |
Tho' wafting o'er the flowery spring | K |
Did ne'er to me sic tidings bring | K |
As meeting o' my Willy | B |
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He | B |
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The bee that thro' the sunny hour | L |
Sips nectar in the opening flower | L |
Compar'd wi' my delight is poor | M |
Upon the lips o' Philly | B |
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She | B |
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The woodbine in the dewy weet | C |
When evening shades in silence meet | C |
Is nocht sae fragrant or sae sweet | C |
As is a kiss o' Willy | B |
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He | B |
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Let Fortune's wheel at random rin | N |
And fools may tyne and knaves may win | N |
My thoughts are a' bound up in ane | N |
And that's my ain dear Philly | B |
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She | B |
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What's a' joys that gowd can gie | J |
I care nae wealth a single flie | B |
The lad I love's the lad for me | B |
And that's my ain dear Willy | B |
Robert Burns
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