O Willie Brew'd. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABAACBAB DBEB FGHB C BBCBCBAB| Tune Willie brew'd a peck o' maut | A |
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| I | - |
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| O Willie brew'd a peck o' maut | A |
| And Rob and Allan came to see | B |
| Three blither hearts that lee lang night | A |
| Ye wad na find in Christendie | A |
| We are na fou we're no that fou | C |
| But just a drappie in our e'e | B |
| The cock may craw the day may daw | A |
| And aye we'll taste the barley bree | B |
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| II | - |
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| Here are we met three merry boys | D |
| Three merry boys I trow are we | B |
| And mony a night we've merry been | E |
| And mony mae we hope to be | B |
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| It is the moon I ken her horn | F |
| That's blinkin in the lift sae hie | G |
| She shines sae bright to wyle us hame | H |
| But by my sooth she'll wait a wee | B |
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| IV | C |
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| Wha first shall rise to gang awa' | B |
| A cuckold coward loon is he | B |
| Wha last beside his chair shall fa' | C |
| He is the king amang us three | B |
| We are na fou we're no that fou | C |
| But just a drappie in our e'e | B |
| The cock may craw the day may daw | A |
| And aye we'll taste the barley bree | B |
Robert Burns
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