Robin. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBCDCDC CCCC AAAC A EFFC A CCCC A GGGCDCDC| Tune Daintie Davie | A |
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| I | - |
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| There was a lad was born in Kyle | B |
| But whatna day o' whatna style | B |
| I doubt it's hardly worth the while | B |
| To be sae nice wi' Robin | C |
| Robin was a rovin' boy | D |
| Rantin' rovin' rantin' rovin' | C |
| Robin was a rovin' boy | D |
| Rantin' rovin' Robin | C |
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| II | - |
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| Our monarch's hindmost year but ane | C |
| Was five and twenty days begun | C |
| Twas then a blast o' Janwar win' | C |
| Blew hansel in on Robin | C |
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| III | - |
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| The gossip keekit in his loof | A |
| Quo' she wha lives will see the proof | A |
| This waly boy will be nae coof | A |
| I think we'll ca' him Robin | C |
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| IV | A |
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| He'll hae misfortunes great and sma' | E |
| But ay a heart aboon them a' | F |
| He'll be a credit to us a' | F |
| We'll a' be proud o' Robin | C |
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| V | A |
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| But sure as three times three mak nine | C |
| I see by ilka score and line | C |
| This chap will dearly like our kin' | C |
| So leeze me on thee Robin | C |
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| VI | A |
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| Guid faith quo' she I doubt you gar | G |
| The bonnie lasses lie aspar | G |
| But twenty fauts ye may hae waur | G |
| So blessin's on thee Robin | C |
| Robin was a rovin' boy | D |
| Rantin' rovin' rantin' rovin' | C |
| Robin was a rovin' boy | D |
| Rantin' rovin' Robin | C |
Robert Burns
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