Song-highland Harry Back Again Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC CCDC ECFCG HCICG| MY Harry was a gallant gay | A |
| Fu' stately strade he on the plain | B |
| But now he's banish'd far away | A |
| I'll never see him back again | C |
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| Chorus O for him back again | C |
| O for him back again | C |
| I wad gie a' Knockhaspie's land | D |
| For Highland Harry back again | C |
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| When a' the lave gae to their bed | E |
| I wander dowie up the glen | C |
| I set me down and greet my fill | F |
| And aye I wish him back again | C |
| O for him c | G |
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| O were some villains hangit high | H |
| And ilka body had their ain | C |
| Then I might see the joyfu' sight | I |
| My Highland Harry back again | C |
| O for him c | G |
Robert Burns
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