The Inventory Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDDEEDDFFGGHHIIJKDKD DKKIILLDD MMNNDDDDOOOO LLPQDDKKRSSDDNN EENNDDKKKKOO KKTN| SIR as your mandate did request | A |
| I send you here a faithfu' list | B |
| O' gudes an' gear an' a' my graith | C |
| To which I'm clear to gi'e my aith | C |
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| Imprimis then for carriage cattle | D |
| I hae four brutes o' gallant mettle | D |
| As ever drew afore a pettle | D |
| My hand afore 's a guid auld has been | E |
| An' wight an' wilfu' a' his days been | E |
| My hand ahin 's a weel gaun fillie | D |
| That aft has borne me hame frae Killie | D |
| An' your auld borough mony a time | F |
| In days when riding was nae crime | F |
| But ance when in my wooing pride | G |
| I like a blockhead boost to ride | G |
| The wilfu' creature sae I pat to | H |
| L d pardon a' my sins an' that too | H |
| I play'd my fillie sic a shavie | I |
| She's a' bedevil'd wi' the spavie | I |
| My furr ahin 's a wordy beast | J |
| As e'er in tug or tow was traced | K |
| The fourth's a Highland Donald hastle | D |
| A d n'd red wud Kilburnie blastie | K |
| Foreby a cowt o' cowts the wale | D |
| As ever ran afore a tail | D |
| Gin he be spar'd to be a beast | K |
| He'll draw me fifteen pund at least | K |
| Wheel carriages I ha'e but few | I |
| Three carts an' twa are feckly new | I |
| An auld wheelbarrow mair for token | L |
| Ae leg an' baith the trams are broken | L |
| I made a poker o' the spin'le | D |
| An' my auld mither brunt the trin'le | D |
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| For men I've three mischievous boys | M |
| Run deils for ranting an' for noise | M |
| A gaudsman ane a thrasher t' other | N |
| Wee Davock hauds the nowt in fother | N |
| I rule them as I ought discreetly | D |
| An' aften labour them completely | D |
| An' aye on Sundays duly nightly | D |
| I on the Questions targe them tightly | D |
| Till faith wee Davock's grown sae gleg | O |
| Tho' scarcely langer than your leg | O |
| He'll screed you aff Effectual Calling | O |
| As fast as ony in the dwalling | O |
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| I've nane in female servant station | L |
| L d keep me aye frae a' temptation | L |
| I hae nae wife and thay my bliss is | P |
| An' ye have laid nae tax on misses | Q |
| An' then if kirk folks dinna clutch me | D |
| I ken the deevils darena touch me | D |
| Wi' weans I'm mair than weel contented | K |
| Heav'n sent me ane mae than I wanted | K |
| My sonsie smirking dear bought Bess | R |
| She stares the daddy in her face | S |
| Enough of ought ye like but grace | S |
| But her my bonie sweet wee lady | D |
| I've paid enough for her already | D |
| An' gin ye tax her or her mither | N |
| By the L d ye'se get them a' thegither | N |
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| And now remember Mr Aiken | E |
| Nae kind of licence out I'm takin | E |
| Frae this time forth I do declare | N |
| I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie mair | N |
| Thro' dirt and dub for life I'll paidle | D |
| Ere I sae dear pay for a saddle | D |
| My travel a' on foot I'll shank it | K |
| I've sturdy bearers Gude the thankit | K |
| The kirk and you may tak you that | K |
| It puts but little in your pat | K |
| Sae dinna put me in your beuk | O |
| Nor for my ten white shillings leuk | O |
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| This list wi' my ain hand I wrote it | K |
| The day and date as under noted | K |
| Then know all ye whom it concerns | T |
| Subscripsi huic ROBERT BURNS MOSSGIEL February | N |
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