Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDADA EFEFGAGA HIHIJAKA| Tune A parcel of rogues in a nation | A |
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| Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame | B |
| Fareweel our ancient glory | C |
| Fareweel even to the Scottish name | B |
| Sae fam'd in martial story | C |
| Now Sark rins o'er the Solway sands | D |
| And Tweed rins to the ocean | A |
| To mark where England's province stands | D |
| Such a parcel of rogues in a nation | A |
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| What force or guile could not subdue | E |
| Thro' many warlike ages | F |
| Is wrought now by a coward few | E |
| For hireling traitor's wages | F |
| The English steel we could disdain | G |
| Secure in valour's station | A |
| But English gold has been our bane | G |
| Such a parcel of rogues in a nation | A |
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| III | - |
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| O would or I had seen the day | H |
| That treason thus could sell us | I |
| My auld gray head had lien in clay | H |
| Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace | I |
| But pith and power till my last hour | J |
| I'll mak' this declaration | A |
| We've bought and sold for English gold | K |
| Such a parcel of rogues in a nation | A |
Robert Burns
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