O, Wat Ye Wha's In Yon Town. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B ACAC DEFE GHGH AIAJ K LML K NJNJ ACAC J H OPOPACAC| Tune I'll ay ca' in by yon town | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| O wat ye wha's in yon town | A |
| Ye see the e'enin sun upon | C |
| The fairest dame's in yon town | A |
| That e'enin sun is shining on | C |
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| I | - |
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| Now haply down yon gay green shaw | D |
| She wanders by yon spreading tree | E |
| How blest ye flow'rs that round her blaw | F |
| Ye catch the glances o' her e'e | E |
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| II | - |
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| How blest ye birds that round her sing | G |
| And welcome in the blooming year | H |
| And doubly welcome be the spring | G |
| The season to my Lucy dear | H |
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| III | - |
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| The sun blinks blithe on yon town | A |
| And on yon bonnie braes of Ayr | I |
| But my delight in yon town | A |
| And dearest bliss is Lucy fair | J |
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| IV | K |
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| Without my love not a' the charms | L |
| O' Paradise could yield me joy | M |
| But gie me Lucy in my arms | L |
| And welcome Lapland's dreary sky | - |
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| V | K |
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| My cave wad be a lover's bower | N |
| Tho' raging winter rent the air | J |
| And she a lovely little flower | N |
| That I wad tent and shelter there | J |
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| VI | - |
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| O sweet is she in yon town | A |
| Yon sinkin sun's gane down upon | C |
| A fairer than's in you town | A |
| His setting beam ne'er shone upon | C |
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| VII | - |
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| If angry fate is sworn my foe | - |
| And suffering I am doom'd to bear | J |
| I careless quit aught else below | - |
| But spare me spare me Lucy dear | H |
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| VIII | - |
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| For while life's dearest blood is warm | O |
| Ae thought frae her shall ne'er depart | P |
| And she as fairest is her form | O |
| She has the truest kindest heart | P |
| O wat ye wha's in yon town | A |
| Ye see the e'enin sun upon | C |
| The fairest dame's in yon town | A |
| That e'enin sun is shining on | C |
Robert Burns
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