Bonnie Dundee In 1878 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGGHHDDIIJ JEEJJJJCCCKKJJ| Oh Bonnie Dundee I will sing in thy praise | A |
| A few but true simple lays | A |
| Regarding some of your beauties of the present day | B |
| And virtually speaking there's none can them gainsay | B |
| There's no other town I know of with you can compare | C |
| For spinning mills and lasses fair | C |
| And for stately buildings there's none can excel | D |
| The beautiful Albert Institute or the Queen's Hotel | D |
| For it is most handsome to be seen | E |
| Where accommodation can be had for Duke Lord or Queen | E |
| And the four pillars of the front are made of Aberdeen granite very fine | F |
| And most beautiful does shine just like a looking glass | G |
| And for beauty and grandeur there's none can them surpass | G |
| And your fine shops in Reform Street | H |
| Very few can with them compete | H |
| For superfine goods there's none can excel | D |
| From Inverness to Clerkenwell | D |
| And your Tramways I must confess | I |
| That they have proved a complete success | I |
| Which I am right glad to see | J |
| And a very great improvement to Bonnie Dundee | J |
| And there's the Royal Arch most handsome to be seen | E |
| Erected to the memory of our Most Gracious Queen | E |
| Most magnificent to see | J |
| And a very great honour to the people of Dundee | J |
| Then there's the Baxter Park most beautiful to see | J |
| And a great boon it is to the people of Dundee | J |
| For there they can enjoy themselves when they are free from care | C |
| By inhaling the perfumed air | C |
| Emanating from the sweet flowers and green trees and shrubs there | C |
| Oh Bonnie Dundee I must conclude my muse | K |
| And to write in praise of thee my pen does not refuse | K |
| Your beauties that I have alluded to are most worthy to see | J |
| And in conclusion I will call thee Bonnie Dundee | J |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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