The Highland Widow's Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD A EBFD A GBAD A EBED D HHIH A JDHD A KLKL A DDFD| I | A |
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| Oh I am come to the low countrie | B |
| Och on och on och rie | B |
| Without a penny in my purse | C |
| To buy a meal to me | D |
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| II | A |
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| It was na sae in the Highland hills | E |
| Och on och on och rie | B |
| Nae woman in the country wide | F |
| Sae happy was as me | D |
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| III | A |
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| For then I had a score o' kye | G |
| Och on och on och rie | B |
| Feeding on yon hills so high | A |
| And giving milk to me | D |
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| IV | A |
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| And there I had three score o' yowes | E |
| Och on och on och rie | B |
| Skipping on yon bonnie knowes | E |
| And casting woo' to me | D |
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| V | D |
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| I was the happiest of a' the clan | H |
| Sair sair may I repine | H |
| For Donald was the brawest lad | I |
| And Donald he was mine | H |
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| VI | A |
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| Till Charlie Stewart cam' at last | J |
| Sae far to set us free | D |
| My Donald's arm was wanted then | H |
| For Scotland and for me | D |
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| VII | A |
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| Their waefu' fate what need I tell | K |
| Right to the wrang did yield | L |
| My Donald and his country fell | K |
| Upon Culloden's field | L |
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| VIII | A |
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| Oh I am come to the low countrie | D |
| Och on och on och rie | D |
| Nae woman in the world wide | F |
| Sae wretched now as me | D |
Robert Burns
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Alex Kije: This verse was set to music. There are versions that can be heard on YouTube. One orchestra version conducted by Charles Williams was chosen as the theme music for the radio series, THE SIX SHOOTER starring Jimmy Stewart.