Song-the Highland Balou Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE DDDC| HEE balou my sweet wee Donald | A |
| Picture o' the great Clanronald | A |
| Brawlie kens our wanton Chief | B |
| Wha gat my young Highland thief | B |
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| Leeze me on thy bonie craigie | C |
| An' thou live thou'll steal a naigie | C |
| Travel the country thro' and thro' | D |
| And bring hame a Carlisle cow | E |
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| Thro' the Lawlands o'er the Border | D |
| Weel my babie may thou furder | D |
| Herry the louns o' the laigh Countrie | D |
| Syne to the Highlands hame to me | C |
Robert Burns
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