The Doo'ucot Up The Braes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCDC EFEF BFBF CDCG BFBF HBHB IBIB BIBI JFJF KLKL| Beside the doo'cot up the braes | A |
| The fields slope doon frae me | B |
| An fine's the glint on blawin' days | A |
| O' the bonnie plains o' sea | B |
| - | |
| Below's my mither's hoosie sma' | B |
| The smiddy by the byre | C |
| Whaur aye my feyther dings awa' | D |
| And my brither blaws the fire | C |
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| For Lachlan lo'es the smiddy's reek | E |
| An' Geordie's but a fule | F |
| Wha' drives the plough his breid to seek | E |
| And Rob's to teach the schule | F |
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| He'll haver roond the schulehoose wa's | B |
| And ring the schulehoose bell | F |
| He'll skelp the scholars wi' the tawse | B |
| I'd like that fine mysel' | F |
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| They're easy pleased my brithers three | C |
| I hate the smiddy's lowe | D |
| A weary dominie I'd be | C |
| An' I canna thole the plough | G |
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| But by the doo'cot up the braes | B |
| There's nane frae me can steal | F |
| The blue sea an' the ocean haze | B |
| An' the ships I like sae weel | F |
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| The brigs ride oot past Ferryden | H |
| Ahint the girnin' tugs | B |
| And the lasses wave to the Baltic men | H |
| Wi' the gowd rings i' their lugs | B |
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| My mither's sweir to let me gang | I |
| My feyther gi'es me blame | B |
| But youth is sair and life is lang | I |
| When yer he'rt's sae far frae hame | B |
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| But i' the doo'cot up the braes | B |
| When a'tumn nichts are mirk | I |
| I've hid my pennies an' my claes | B |
| An' the Buik I read at kirk | I |
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| An' come ae nicht when a' fowks sleep | J |
| I'll lift them whaur they lie | F |
| An' to the harbour side I'll creep | J |
| I' the dim licht o' the sky | F |
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| An' when the eastern blink grows wide | K |
| An' dark still smoors the west | L |
| A Baltic brig will tak' the tide | K |
| Wi' a lad that canna rest | L |
Violet Jacob
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