The Heid Horseman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEAE FGBG HIBI JKLK MBBB NBOB BPAP BQBQ BRBR| O Alec up at Soutar's fairm | A |
| You that's sae licht o' he'rt | B |
| I ken ye passin' by the tune | C |
| Ye whustle i' the cairt | B |
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| I hear the rowin' o' the wheels | D |
| The clink o' haims an' chain | E |
| And set abune yer stampin' team | A |
| I see ye sit yer lane | E |
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| Ilk morn agin' the kindlin' sky | F |
| Yer liftit heid is black | G |
| Ilk nicht I watch ye hameward ride | B |
| Wi' the sunset at yer back | G |
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| For wark's yer meat and wark's yer play | H |
| Heid horseman tho' ye be | I |
| Ye've ne'er a glance for wife nor maid | B |
| Ye tak nae tent o' me | I |
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| An' man ye'll no suspec' the truth | J |
| Tho' weel I ken it's true | K |
| There's mony ane that trails in silk | L |
| Wha fain wad gang wi' you | K |
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| But I am just a serving lass | M |
| Wha toils to get her breid | B |
| An' O ye're sweir to see the gowd | B |
| I braid about my heid | B |
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| My cheek is like the brier rose | N |
| That scents the simmer wind | B |
| An fine I'd keep the wee bit hoose | O |
| 'Gin I'd a man to mind | B |
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| It's sair to see when ilka lad | B |
| Is dreamin' o' his joe | P |
| The bonnie mear that leads yer team | A |
| Is a' ye're thinkin' o' | P |
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| Like fire upon her satin coat | B |
| Ye gar the harness shine | Q |
| But lad there is a safter licht | B |
| In thae twa een o' mine | Q |
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| Aye wark yer best but youth is short | B |
| An' shorter ilka year | R |
| There's ane wad gar ye sune forget | B |
| Yon limmer o' a mear | R |
Violet Jacob
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