The Weary Pund O' Tow. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AABAAAAA CADA EAFG B AHAAAABATune The weary Pund o' Tow | A |
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I | - |
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The weary pund the weary pund | A |
The weary pund o' tow | A |
I think my wife will end her life | B |
Before she spin her tow | A |
I bought my wife a stane o' lint | A |
As gude as e'er did grow | A |
And a' that she has made o' that | A |
Is ae poor pund o' tow | A |
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II | - |
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There sat a bottle in a bole | C |
Beyont the ingle low | A |
And ay she took the tither souk | D |
To drouk the stowrie tow | A |
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III | - |
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Quoth I for shame ye dirty dame | E |
Gae spin your tap o' tow | A |
She took the rock and wi' a knock | F |
She brak it o'er my pow | G |
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IV | B |
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At last her feet I sang to see't | A |
Gaed foremost o'er the knowe | H |
And or I wad anither jad | A |
I'll wallop in a tow | A |
The weary pund the weary pund | A |
The weary pund o' tow | A |
I think my wife will end her life | B |
Before she spin her tow | A |
Robert Burns
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