Song-to Daunton Me Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCC DDCCC EEBCC CCCCC EECCC| THE BLUDE RED rose at Yule may blaw | A |
| The simmer lilies bloom in snaw | B |
| The frost may freeze the deepest sea | C |
| But an auld man shall never daunton me | C |
| Refrain To daunton me to daunton me | C |
| And auld man shall never daunton me | C |
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| To daunton me and me sae young | D |
| Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue | D |
| That is the thing you shall never see | C |
| For an auld man shall never daunton me | C |
| To daunton me c | C |
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| For a' his meal and a' his maut | E |
| For a' his fresh beef and his saut | E |
| For a' his gold and white monie | B |
| And auld men shall never daunton me | C |
| To daunton me c | C |
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| His gear may buy him kye and yowes | C |
| His gear may buy him glens and knowes | C |
| But me he shall not buy nor fee | C |
| For an auld man shall never daunton me | C |
| To daunton me c | C |
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| He hirples twa fauld as he dow | E |
| Wi' his teethless gab and his auld beld pow | E |
| And the rain rains down frae his red blear'd e'e | C |
| That auld man shall never daunton me | C |
| To daunton me c | C |
Robert Burns
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Song-to Daunton Me is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.