O Tibbie, I Hae Seen The Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EEECD FFFCD GGGCD HHHCD IJJCD EEEKD LLLCD MMMCD| Tune Invercauld's Reel or Strathspey | A |
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| Choir O Tibbie I hae seen the day | B |
| Ye wadna been sae shy | C |
| For laik o' gear ye lightly me | D |
| But trowth I care na by | C |
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| Yestreen I met you on the moor | E |
| Ye spak na but gaed by like stour | E |
| Ye geck at me because I'm poor | E |
| But fient a hair care I | C |
| O Tibbie I hae seen the day c | D |
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| When coming hame on Sunday last | F |
| Upon the road as I cam past | F |
| Ye snufft and ga'e your head a cast | F |
| But trowth I care't na by | C |
| O Tibbie I hae seen the day c | D |
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| I doubt na lass but ye may think | G |
| Because ye hae the name o' clink | G |
| That ye can please me at a wink | G |
| Whene'er ye like to try | C |
| O Tibbie I hae seen the day c | D |
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| But sorrow tak' him that's sae mean | H |
| Altho' his pouch o' coin were clean | H |
| Wha follows ony saucy quean | H |
| That looks sae proud and high | C |
| O Tibbie I hae seen the day c | D |
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| Altho' a lad were e'er sae smart | I |
| If that he want the yellow dirt | J |
| Ye'll cast your head anither airt | J |
| And answer him fu' dry | C |
| O Tibbie I hae seen the day c | D |
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| But if he hae the name o' gear | E |
| Ye'll fasten to him like a brier | E |
| Tho' hardly he for sense or lear | E |
| Be better than the kye | K |
| O Tibbie I hae seen the day c | D |
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| But Tibbie lass tak' my advice | L |
| Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice | L |
| The deil a ane wad speir your price | L |
| Were ye as poor as I | C |
| O Tibbie I hae seen the day c | D |
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| There lives a lass beside yon park | M |
| I'd rather hae her in her sark | M |
| Than you wi' a' your thousand mark | M |
| That gars you look sae high | C |
| O Tibbie I hae seen the day c | D |
Robert Burns
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