Our Thrissles Flourished Fresh And Fair. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B AABC DBEB FGHG IHBH J KEBEAABC| Tune Awa Whigs awa | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Awa Whigs awa | A |
| Awa Whigs awa | A |
| Ye're but a pack o' traitor louns | B |
| Ye'll do nae good at a' | C |
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| I | - |
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| Our thrissles flourish'd fresh and fair | D |
| And bonnie bloom'd our roses | B |
| But Whigs came like a frost in June | E |
| And wither'd a' our posies | B |
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| II | - |
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| Our ancient crown's fa'n in the dust | F |
| Deil blin' them wi' the stoure o't | G |
| And write their names in his black beuk | H |
| Wha gae the Whigs the power o't | G |
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| III | - |
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| Our sad decay in Church and State | I |
| Surpasses my descriving | H |
| The Whigs came o'er us for a curse | B |
| And we hae done wi' thriving | H |
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| IV | J |
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| Grim vengeance lang ha's taen a nap | K |
| But we may see him wauken | E |
| Gude help the day when royal heads | B |
| Are hunted like a maukin | E |
| Awa Whigs awa | A |
| Awa Whigs awa | A |
| Ye're but a pack o' traitor louns | B |
| Ye'll do nae gude at a' | C |
Robert Burns
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