Song-the Battle Of Sherramuir Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDFFBG FBHBFFFHHBG FBFBIIIJKBG LBLBHHHHHBG HBABMMMFFBG NBOBHHHPPBG| O CAM ye here the fight to shun | A |
| Or herd the sheep wi' me man | B |
| Or were ye at the Sherra moor | C |
| Or did the battle see man | B |
| I saw the battle sair and teugh | D |
| And reekin red ran mony a sheugh | E |
| My heart for fear gaed sough for sough | D |
| To hear the thuds and see the cluds | F |
| O' clans frae woods in tartan duds | F |
| Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three man | B |
| La la la la c | G |
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| The red coat lads wi' black cockauds | F |
| To meet them were na slaw man | B |
| They rush'd and push'd and blude outgush'd | H |
| And mony a bouk did fa' man | B |
| The great Argyle led on his files | F |
| I wat they glanced twenty miles | F |
| They hough'd the clans like nine pin kyles | F |
| They hack'd and hash'd while braid swords clash'd | H |
| And thro' they dash'd and hew'd and smash'd | H |
| Till fey men died awa man | B |
| La la la la c | G |
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| But had ye seen the philibegs | F |
| And skyrin tartan trews man | B |
| When in the teeth they dar'd our Whigs | F |
| And covenant True blues man | B |
| In lines extended lang and large | I |
| When baiginets o'erpower'd the targe | I |
| And thousands hasten'd to the charge | I |
| Wi' Highland wrath they frae the sheath | J |
| Drew blades o' death till out o' breath | K |
| They fled like frighted dows man | B |
| La la la la c | G |
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| O how deil Tam can that be true | L |
| The chase gaed frae the north man | B |
| I saw mysel they did pursue | L |
| The horsemen back to Forth man | B |
| And at Dunblane in my ain sight | H |
| They took the brig wi' a' their might | H |
| And straught to Stirling wing'd their flight | H |
| But cursed lot the gates were shut | H |
| And mony a huntit poor red coat | H |
| For fear amaist did swarf man | B |
| La la la la c | G |
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| My sister Kate cam up the gate | H |
| Wi' crowdie unto me man | B |
| She swoor she saw some rebels run | A |
| To Perth unto Dundee man | B |
| Their left hand general had nae skill | M |
| The Angus lads had nae gude will | M |
| That day their neibors' blude to spill | M |
| For fear for foes that they should lose | F |
| Their cogs o' brose they scar'd at blows | F |
| And hameward fast did flee man | B |
| La la la la c | G |
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| They've lost some gallant gentlemen | N |
| Amang the Highland clans man | B |
| I fear my Lord Panmure is slain | O |
| Or fallen in Whiggish hands man | B |
| Now wad ye sing this double fight | H |
| Some fell for wrang and some for right | H |
| But mony bade the world gude night | H |
| Say pell and mell wi' muskets' knell | P |
| How Tories fell and Whigs to hell | P |
| Flew off in frighted bands man | B |
| La la la la c | G |
Robert Burns
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