The Muckin' O' Geordie's Byre Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAAAB CDDDB EEEBFFFC DDDBBBBC GGGBBBHC BBBBDDDC| At a relic aul' croft upon the hill | A |
| Roon the neuk frae Sprottie's mill | A |
| Tryin' a' his life tae jine the kill | A |
| Lived Geordie MacIntyre | B |
| He had a wife as sweir's himsel' | A |
| An' a daughter as black's Auld Nick himsel' | A |
| There wis some fun haud awa' the smell | A |
| At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre | B |
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| Chorus | C |
| For the graip was tint the besom was deen | D |
| The barra widna row its leen | D |
| An'siccan a soss it never was seen | D |
| At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre | B |
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| For the daughter had to strae and neep | E |
| The auld wife started to swipe the greep | E |
| When Geordie fell sklite on a rotten neep | E |
| At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre | B |
| Ben the greep cam' Geordie's soo | F |
| She stood up ahint the coo | F |
| The coo kickit oot an' o whit a stew | F |
| At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre Chorus | C |
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| For the aul' wife she was booin' doon | D |
| The soo was kickit on the croon | D |
| It shoved her heid in the wifie's goon | D |
| Then ben through Geordie's byre | B |
| The daughter cam thro the barn door | B |
| An' seein' her mother let oot a roar | B |
| To the midden she ran an' fell ower the boar | B |
| At the muckin' of Geordie's byre Chorus | C |
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| For the boar he lap the midden dyke | G |
| An' ower the riggs wi' Geordie's tyke | G |
| They baith ran intil a bumbee's byke | G |
| At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre | B |
| The cocks an' hens began to craw | B |
| When Biddy astride the soo they saw | B |
| The postie's shelty ran awa' | H |
| At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre Chorus | C |
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| O a hunder' years are passed an mair | B |
| Whaur Sprottie's wis the hill is bare | B |
| The croft's awa' sae ye'll see nae mair | B |
| At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre | B |
| His folks a' deid an' awa' lang syne | D |
| In case his memory we should tyne | D |
| Whistle this tune tae keep ye in min' | D |
| At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre Chorus | C |
Robert Burns
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