Bonnie Kilmany Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB C DDEEDDFF C GGEE C HHII C JJKK C LLII| Bonnie Kilmany in the County of Fife | A |
| Is a healthy spot to reside in to lengthen one's life | A |
| The scenery there in the summer time is truly grand | B |
| Especially the beautiful hills and the woodland | B |
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| Chorus | C |
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| Then bonnie Annie will you go with me | D |
| And leave the crowded city of Dundee | D |
| And breathe the pure fragrant air | E |
| In the Howe of Kilmany so lovely and fair | E |
| And the little village in the Howe is lovely to see | D |
| In the midst of green trees and shrubbery | D |
| And the little rivulet as it wimples along | F |
| Can be heard singing aloud an aquatic song | F |
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| Chorus | C |
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| And the old church there is built on a knoll | G |
| And on the Sabbath mornings the church bell does toll | G |
| Inviting the people to join in prayer | E |
| While the echoes of the bell is heard in mid air | E |
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| Chorus | C |
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| Then there's a little schoolroom surrounded by trees | H |
| A favourite haunt for butterflies and busy bees | H |
| And an old red tiled smithy near by | I |
| And the clink of the hammers can be heard sounding high | I |
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| Chorus | C |
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| And thew's a wood sawmill by the roadway | J |
| And the noise can be heard by night and day | J |
| As the circular saw wheels round and round | K |
| Making the village with its echoes resound | K |
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| Chorus | C |
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| And in the harvest time on a fine summer morn | L |
| The Howe looks most beautiful when the corn is shorn | L |
| And to hear the beautiful lark singing on high | I |
| Will make you exclaim Dull care good bye | I |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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