Scroggam, My Dearie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CBCBB CBCBB| THERE was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen | A |
| Scroggam | B |
| She brew'd gude ale for gentlemen | A |
| Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me | B |
| Scroggam my dearie ruffum | B |
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| The gudewife's dochter fell in a fever | C |
| Scroggam | B |
| The priest o' the parish he fell in anither | C |
| Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me | B |
| Scroggam my dearie ruffum | B |
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| They laid the twa i' the bed thegither | C |
| Scroggam | B |
| That the heat o' the tane might cool the tither | C |
| Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me | B |
| Scroggam my dearie ruffum | B |
Robert Burns
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