The Highland Lassie. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCCCDC EECC AACC F GGCC F HHCC F IICCCCCC| Tune The deuks dang o'er my daddy | A |
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| I | - |
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| Nae gentle dames tho' e'er sae fair | B |
| Shall ever be my muse's care | B |
| Their titles a' are empty show | C |
| Gie me my Highland lassie O | C |
| Within the glen sae bushy O | C |
| Aboon the plains sae rushy O | C |
| I set me down wi' right good will | D |
| To sing my Highland lassie O | C |
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| II | - |
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| Oh were yon hills and valleys mine | E |
| Yon palace and yon gardens fine | E |
| The world then the love should know | C |
| I bear my Highland lassie O | C |
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| III | - |
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| But fickle fortune frowns on me | A |
| And I maun cross the raging sea | A |
| But while my crimson currents flow | C |
| I'll love my Highland lassie O | C |
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| IV | F |
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| Altho' thro' foreign climes I range | G |
| I know her heart will never change | G |
| For her bosom burns with honour's glow | C |
| My faithful Highland lassie O | C |
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| V | F |
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| For her I'll dare the billows' roar | H |
| For her I'll trace a distant shore | H |
| That Indian wealth may lustre throw | C |
| Around my Highland lassie O | C |
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| VI | F |
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| She has my heart she has my hand | I |
| by sacred truth and honour's band | I |
| 'Till the mortal stroke shall lay me low | C |
| I'm thine my Highland lassie O | C |
| Farewell the glen sae bushy O | C |
| Farewell the plain sae rushy O | C |
| To other lands I now must go | C |
| To sing my Highland lassie O | C |
Robert Burns
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