There's Nought But Care. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDC ECEC FCGC ECEC H ICJC H JCECCCDC| Tune Green grow the rashes | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Green grow the rashes O | C |
| Green grow the rashes O | C |
| The sweetest hours that e'er I spend | D |
| Are spent amang the lasses O | C |
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| I | - |
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| There's nought but care on ev'ry han' | E |
| In every hour that passes O | C |
| What signifies the life o' man | E |
| An' 'twere na for the lasses O | C |
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| II | - |
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| The warly race may riches chase | F |
| An' riches still may fly them O | C |
| An' tho' at last they catch them fast | G |
| Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them O | C |
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| III | - |
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| But gie me a canny hour at e'en | E |
| My arms about my dearie O | C |
| An' warly cares an' warly men | E |
| May a' gae tapsalteerie O | C |
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| IV | H |
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| For you sae douce ye sneer at this | I |
| Ye're nought but senseless asses O | C |
| The wisest man the warl' e'er saw | J |
| He dearly lov'd the lasses O | C |
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| V | H |
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| Auld Nature swears the lovely dears | J |
| Her noblest work she classes O | C |
| Her 'prentice han' she try'd on man | E |
| An' then she made the lasses O | C |
| Green grow the rashes O | C |
| Green grow the rashes O | C |
| The sweetest hours that e'er I spend | D |
| Are spent amang the lasses O | C |
Robert Burns
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