The Tarbolton Lasses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGEB HBGB IBDB DBGB| If ye gae up to yon hill tap | A |
| Ye'll there see bonie Peggy | B |
| She kens her father is a laird | C |
| And she forsooth's a leddy | B |
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| There Sophy tight a lassie bright | D |
| Besides a handsome fortune | E |
| Wha canna win her in a night | D |
| Has little art in courtin' | E |
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| Gae down by Faile and taste the ale | F |
| And tak a look o' Mysie | G |
| She's dour and din a deil within | E |
| But aiblins she may please ye | B |
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| If she be shy her sister try | H |
| Ye'll maybe fancy Jenny | B |
| If ye'll dispense wi' want o' sense | G |
| She kens hersel she's bonie | B |
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| As ye gae up by yon hillside | I |
| Speir in for bonie Bessy | B |
| She'll gie ye a beck and bid ye light | D |
| And handsomely address ye | B |
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| There's few sae bonie nane sae guid | D |
| In a' King George' dominion | B |
| If ye should doubt the truth o' this | G |
| It's Bessy's ain opinion | B |
Robert Burns
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