Scots, Wha Hae Wi' Wallace Bled Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CDCB EEEB FFEB GGGB HHHI| Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled | A |
| Scots wham Bruce has aften led | A |
| Welcome to your gory bed | A |
| Or to victory | B |
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| Now's the day and now's the hour | C |
| See the front o' battle lour | D |
| See approach proud Edward's power | C |
| Chains and slavery | B |
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| Wha will be a traitor knave | E |
| Wha can fill a coward's grave | E |
| Wha sae base as be a slave | E |
| Let him turn and flee | B |
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| Wha for Scotland's king and law | F |
| Freedom's sword will strongly draw | F |
| Freeman stand or freeman fa' | E |
| Let him follow me | B |
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| By oppression's woes and pains | G |
| By your sons in servile chains | G |
| We will drain our dearest veins | G |
| But they shall be free | B |
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| Lay the proud usurpers low | H |
| Tyrants fall in ev'ry foe | H |
| Liberty's in ev'ry blow | H |
| Let us do or die | I |
Robert Burns
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