Saw Ye My Phely. (quasi Dicat Phillis.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCB BBAB BBDB| Tune When she came ben she bobbit | A |
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| O saw ye my dear my Phely | B |
| O saw ye my dear my Phely | B |
| She's down i' the grove she's wi' a new love | C |
| She winna come hame to her Willy | B |
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| II | - |
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| What says she my dearest my Phely | B |
| What says she my dearest my Phely | B |
| She lets thee to wit that she has thee forgot | A |
| And for ever disowns thee her Willy | B |
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| O had I ne'er seen thee my Phely | B |
| O had I ne'er seen thee my Phely | B |
| As light as the air and fause as thou's fair | D |
| Thou's broken the heart o' thy Willy | B |
Robert Burns
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