Song-will Ye Go To The Indies, My Mary? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED AFAG AHAH AIJK| WILL ye go to the Indies my Mary | A |
| And leave auld Scotia's shore | B |
| Will ye go to the Indies my Mary | A |
| Across th' Atlantic roar | B |
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| O sweet grows the lime and the orange | C |
| And the apple on the pine | D |
| But a' the charms o' the Indies | E |
| Can never equal thine | D |
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| I hae sworn by the Heavens to my Mary | A |
| I hae sworn by the Heavens to be true | F |
| And sae may the Heavens forget me | A |
| When I forget my vow | G |
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| O plight me your faith my Mary | A |
| And plight me your lily white hand | H |
| O plight me your faith my Mary | A |
| Before I leave Scotia's strand | H |
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| We hae plighted our troth my Mary | A |
| In mutual affection to join | I |
| And curst be the cause that shall part us | J |
| The hour and the moment o' time | K |
Robert Burns
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