When Januar' Wind. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBB BDBD BEBA F BGEG F BBGB F BBEH F EFFB F BDGF E GEGE E GECE E EEBE E GEDE E EEEE F EEDE| Tune The lass that made the bed for me | A |
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| I | - |
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| When Januar' wind was blawing cauld | B |
| As to the north I took my way | C |
| The mirksome night did me enfauld | B |
| I knew na where to lodge till day | B |
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| II | - |
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| By my good luck a maid I met | B |
| Just in the middle o' my care | D |
| And kindly she did me invite | B |
| To walk into a chamber fair | D |
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| III | - |
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| I bow'd fu' low unto this maid | B |
| And thank'd her for her courtesie | E |
| I bow'd fu' low unto this maid | B |
| And bade her mak a bed to me | A |
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| IV | F |
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| She made the bed baith large and wide | B |
| Wi' twa white hands she spread it down | G |
| She put the cup to her rosy lips | E |
| And drank Young man now sleep ye soun' | G |
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| V | F |
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| She snatch'd the candle in her hand | B |
| And frae my chamber went wi' speed | B |
| But I call'd her quickly back again | G |
| To lay some mair below my head | B |
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| VI | F |
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| A cod she laid below my head | B |
| And served me wi' due respect | B |
| And to salute her wi' a kiss | E |
| I put my arms about her neck | H |
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| VII | F |
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| Haud aff your hands young man she says | E |
| And dinna sae uncivil be | F |
| If ye hae onto love for me | F |
| O wrang na my virginitie | B |
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| VIII | F |
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| Her hair was like the links o' gowd | B |
| Her teeth were like the ivorie | D |
| Her cheeks like lilies dipt in wine | G |
| The lass that made the bed to me | F |
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| IX | E |
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| Her bosom was the driven snaw | G |
| Twa drifted heaps sae fair to see | E |
| Her limbs the polish'd marble stane | G |
| The lass that made the bed to me | E |
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| X | E |
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| I kiss'd her owre and owre again | G |
| And ay she wist na what to say | E |
| I laid her between me and the wa' | C |
| The lassie thought na lang till day | E |
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| XI | E |
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| Upon the morrow when we rose | E |
| I thank'd her for her courtesie | E |
| But aye she blush'd and aye she sigh'd | B |
| And said Alas ye've ruin'd me | E |
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| XII | E |
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| I clasp'd her waist and kiss'd her syne | G |
| While the tear stood twinklin' in her e'e | E |
| I said My lassie dinna cry | D |
| For ye ay shall mak the bed to me | E |
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| XIII | E |
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| She took her mither's Holland sheets | E |
| And made them a' in sarks to me | E |
| Blythe and merry may she be | E |
| The lass that made the bed to me | E |
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| XIV | F |
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| The bonnie lass made the bed to me | E |
| The braw lass made the bed to me | E |
| I'll ne'er forget till the day I die | D |
| The lass that made the bed to me | E |
Robert Burns
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