Song-my Collier Laddie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDB EFGDB HBDDB IBJDB DBBDB BBDDB| WHARE live ye my bonie lass | A |
| And tell me what they ca' ye | B |
| My name she says is mistress Jean | C |
| And I follow the Collier laddie | D |
| My name she says c | B |
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| See you not yon hills and dales | E |
| The sun shines on sae brawlie | F |
| They a' are mine and they shall be thine | G |
| Gin ye'll leave your Collier laddie | D |
| They a' are mine c | B |
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| Ye shall gang in gay attire | H |
| Weel buskit up sae gaudy | B |
| And ane to wait on every hand | D |
| Gin ye'll leave your Collier laddie | D |
| And ane to wait c | B |
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| Tho' ye had a' the sun shines on | I |
| And the earth conceals sae lowly | B |
| I wad turn my back on you and it a' | J |
| And embrace my Collier laddie | D |
| I wad turn my back c | B |
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| I can win my five pennies in a day | D |
| An' spen't at night fu' brawlie | B |
| And make my bed in the collier's neuk | B |
| And lie down wi' my Collier laddie | D |
| And make my bed c | B |
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| Love for love is the bargain for me | B |
| Tho' the wee cot house should haud me | B |
| And the warld before me to win my bread | D |
| And fair fa' my Collier laddie | D |
| And the warld before me c | B |
Robert Burns
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