The Bonie Lass Of Albany Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBEB FBGB HBIB JIKB IBLB| MY heart is wae and unco wae | A |
| To think upon the raging sea | B |
| That roars between her gardens green | C |
| An' the bonie Lass of Albany | B |
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| This lovely maid's of royal blood | D |
| That ruled Albion's kingdoms three | B |
| But oh alas for her bonie face | E |
| They've wrang'd the Lass of Albany | B |
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| In the rolling tide of spreading Clyde | F |
| There sits an isle of high degree | B |
| And a town of fame whose princely name | G |
| Should grace the Lass of Albany | B |
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| But there's a youth a witless youth | H |
| That fills the place where she should be | B |
| We'll send him o'er to his native shore | I |
| And bring our ain sweet Albany | B |
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| Alas the day and woe the day | J |
| A false usurper wan the gree | I |
| Who now commands the towers and lands | K |
| The royal right of Albany | B |
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| We'll daily pray we'll nightly pray | I |
| On bended knees most fervently | B |
| The time may come with pipe an' drum | L |
| We'll welcome hame fair Albany | B |
Robert Burns
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