The Twa Weelums Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD CECEBCFC EBEBCCCC GHGHCECE ECECIJKJ| I'm Sairgeant Weelum Henderson frae Pairth | A |
| That's wha I am | B |
| There's jist ae bluidy regiment on airth | A |
| That's worth a damn | B |
| An' gin the bonniest fechter o' the lot | C |
| Ye seek to see | D |
| Him that's the best whaur ilka man's a Scot | C |
| Speir you at me | D |
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| Gin there's a hash o' Gairmans pitten oot | C |
| By aichts an' tens | E |
| That Wully Henderson's been thereaboot | C |
| A'body kens | E |
| Fegs aye Yon Weelum that's in Gairmanie | B |
| He hadna reckoned | C |
| Wi' Sairgeant Weelum Henderson an' wi' | F |
| The Forty Second | C |
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| Yon day we lichtit on the shores o' France | E |
| The lassies standin' | B |
| Trod ilk on ither's taes to get the chance | E |
| To see us landin' | B |
| The besoms O they smiled to me an' yet | C |
| They couldna' help it | C |
| Mysel' I just was thinkin' foo we'd get | C |
| The Gairmans skelpit | C |
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| I'm wearied wi' them for it's aye the same | G |
| Whaure'er we gang | H |
| Oor Captain thinks we've got his een to blame | G |
| But man he's wrang | H |
| I winna say he's no as smairt a lad | C |
| As ye micht see | E |
| Atween twa Sawbaths aye he's no sae bad | C |
| But he's no me | E |
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| Weel let the limmers bide their bonnie lips | E |
| Are fine an' reid | C |
| But me an' Weelum's got to get to grips | E |
| Afore we're deid | C |
| An' gin he thinks he hasn't met his match | I |
| He'll sune be wiser | J |
| Here's to mysel' Here's to the auld Black Watch | K |
| An' damn the Kaiser | J |
Violet Jacob
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