The Heron Ballads. (ballad Third.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCDCECE BCFCE CECGE BCECE HEDEE EIJIE BDKDE DEKEE LEMEE BBNBE COCOCECE| An Excellent New Song | A |
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| Tune Buy broom besoms | B |
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| Wha will buy my troggin | C |
| Fine election ware | D |
| Broken trade o' Broughton | C |
| A' in high repair | D |
| Buy braw troggin | C |
| Frae the banks o' Dee | E |
| Wha wants troggin | C |
| Let him come to me | E |
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| There's a noble Earl's | B |
| Fame and high renown | C |
| For an auld sang | F |
| It's thought the gudes were stown | C |
| Buy braw troggin c | E |
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| Here's the worth o' Broughton | C |
| In a needle's ee | E |
| Here's a reputation | C |
| Tint by Balmaghie | G |
| Buy braw troggin c | E |
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| Here's an honest conscience | B |
| Might a prince adorn | C |
| Frae the downs o' Tinwald | E |
| So was never worn | C |
| Buy braw troggin c | E |
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| Here's its stuff and lining | H |
| Cardoness' head | E |
| Fine for a sodger | D |
| A' the wale o' lead | E |
| Buy braw troggin c | E |
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| Here's a little wadset | E |
| Buittle's scrap o' truth | I |
| Pawn'd in a gin shop | J |
| Quenching holy drouth | I |
| Buy braw troggin c | E |
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| Here's armorial bearings | B |
| Frae the manse o' Urr | D |
| The crest an auld crab apple | K |
| Rotten at the core | D |
| Buy braw troggin c | E |
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| Here is Satan's picture | D |
| Like a bizzard gled | E |
| Pouncing poor Redcastle | K |
| Sprawlin' as a taed | E |
| Buy braw troggin c | E |
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| Here's the worth and wisdom | L |
| Collieston can boast | E |
| By a thievish midge | M |
| They had been nearly lost | E |
| Buy braw troggin c | E |
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| Here is Murray's fragments | B |
| O' the ten commands | B |
| Gifted by black Jock | N |
| To get them aff his hands | B |
| Buy braw troggin c | E |
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| Saw ye e'er sic troggin | C |
| If to buy ye're slack | O |
| Hornie's turnin' chapman | C |
| He'll buy a' the pack | O |
| Buy braw troggin | C |
| Frae the banks o' Dee | E |
| Wha wants troggin | C |
| Let him come to me | E |
Robert Burns
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