Song-whistle And I'll Come To You Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BBBBBB BCBBBB BBBBBB| Chorus O WHISTLE an' I'll come to ye my lad | A |
| O whistle an' I'll come to ye my lad | A |
| Tho' father an' mother an' a' should gae mad | A |
| O whistle an' I'll come to ye my lad | A |
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| But warily tent when ye come to court me | B |
| And come nae unless the back yett be a jee | B |
| Syne up the back stile and let naebody see | B |
| And come as ye were na comin' to me | B |
| And come as ye were na comin' to me | B |
| O whistle an' I'll come c | B |
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| At kirk or at market whene'er ye meet me | B |
| Gang by me as tho' that ye car'd na a flie | C |
| But steal me a blink o' your bonie black e'e | B |
| Yet look as ye were na lookin' to me | B |
| Yet look as ye were na lookin' to me | B |
| O whistle an' I'll come c | B |
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| Aye vow and protest that ye care na for me | B |
| And whiles ye may lightly my beauty a wee | B |
| But court na anither tho' jokin' ye be | B |
| For fear that she wile your fancy frae me | B |
| For fear that she wile your fancy frae me | B |
| O whistle an' I'll come c | B |
Robert Burns
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