Of A' The Airts The Wind Can Blaw Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGF HIJIKFKF GLBLMFIF N LOGOPFMF| Tune Miss Admiral Gordon's Strathspey | A |
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| I | - |
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| Of a' the airts the wind can blaw | B |
| I dearly like the west | C |
| For there the bonnie lassie lives | D |
| The lassie I lo'e best | C |
| There wild woods grow and rivers row | E |
| And mony a hill between | F |
| But day and night my fancy's flight | G |
| Is ever wi' my Jean | F |
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| II | - |
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| I see her in the dewy flowers | H |
| I see her sweet and fair | I |
| I hear her in the tunefu' birds | J |
| I hear her charm the air | I |
| There's not a bonnie flower that springs | K |
| By fountain shaw or green | F |
| There's not a bonnie bird that sings | K |
| But minds me o' my Jean | F |
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| III | - |
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| O blaw ye westlin winds blaw saft | G |
| Among the leafy trees | L |
| Wi' balmy gale frae hill and dale | B |
| Bring hame the laden bees | L |
| And bring the lassie back to me | M |
| That's aye sae neat and clean | F |
| Ae smile o' her wad banish care | I |
| Sae charming is my Jean | F |
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| IV | N |
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| What sighs and vows amang the knowes | L |
| Hae passed atween us twa | O |
| How fond to meet how wae to part | G |
| That night she gaed awa | O |
| The powers aboon can only ken | P |
| To whom the heart is seen | F |
| That nane can be sae dear to me | M |
| As my sweet lovely Jean | F |
Robert Burns
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