Sweet Closes The Evening. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED ACAC FGDG HCIC J KDDD D LMNM J ODPDCDED| Tune Craigie burn wood | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Beyond thee dearie beyond thee dearie | C |
| And O to be lying beyond thee | D |
| O sweetly soundly weel may he sleep | E |
| That's laid in the bed beyond thee | D |
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| Sweet closes the evening on Craigie burn wood | A |
| And blithely awaukens the morrow | C |
| But the pride of the spring in the Craigie burn wood | A |
| Can yield to me nothing but sorrow | C |
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| II | - |
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| I see the spreading leaves and flowers | F |
| I hear the wild birds singing | G |
| But pleasure they hae nane for me | D |
| While care my heart is wringing | G |
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| III | - |
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| I canna tell I maunna tell | H |
| I darena for your anger | C |
| But secret love will break my heart | I |
| If I conceal it langer | C |
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| IV | J |
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| I see thee gracefu' straight and tall | K |
| I see thee sweet and bonnie | D |
| But oh what will my torments be | D |
| If thou refuse thy Johnnie | D |
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| V | D |
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| To see thee in anither's arms | L |
| In love to lie and languish | M |
| 'Twad be my dead that will be seen | N |
| My heart wad burst wi' anguish | M |
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| VI | J |
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| But Jeanie say thou wilt be mine | O |
| Say thou lo'es nane before me | D |
| And a' my days o' life to come | P |
| I'll gratefully adore thee | D |
| Beyond thee dearie beyond thee dearie | C |
| And O to be lying beyond thee | D |
| O sweetly soundly weel may he sleep | E |
| That's laid in the bed beyond thee | D |
Robert Burns
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