The Beadle O' Drumlee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CCC ADE BBB FFF AGA HHH BBB HHH HHH FFF| Them that's as highly placed as me | A |
| Wha am the beadle o' Drumlee | B |
| Should na be prood nor yet owre free | A |
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| Me an' the meenister ye ken | C |
| Are no the same as a' thae men | C |
| We hae for neebours i' the glen | C |
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| The Lord gie'd him some lairnin' sma' | A |
| An me guid sense abune them a' | D |
| An them nae wuts to ken wha's wha | E |
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| Ye'd think to hear the lees they tell | B |
| The Sawbath day could mind itsel' | B |
| Withoot a hand to rug the bell | B |
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| Ye'd think the Reverend Paitrick Broun | F |
| Could ca' the Bible up an' doon | F |
| An' loup his lane in till his goon | F |
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| Whiles gin he didna get frae me | A |
| The wicelike wird I weel can gie | G |
| Whaur wad the puir bit callant be | A |
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| The elders Ross an' Weellum Aird | H |
| An' fowk like Alexander Caird | H |
| That think they're cocks o' ilka yaird | H |
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| Fegs aye they'd na be sweir to rule | B |
| A lad sae newly frae the schule | B |
| Gin my auld bonnet crooned a fule | B |
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| But oh Jehovah's unco' kind | H |
| Whaur wad this doited pairish find | H |
| A man wi' sic a powerfu' mind | H |
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| Sae let the pairish sleep at nicht | H |
| Blind wi' the elders' shinin' licht | H |
| Nor ken wha's hand keeps a' things richt | H |
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| It's what they canna understan' | F |
| That brains hae ruled since time began | F |
| An' that the beadle is the man | F |
Violet Jacob
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