Glasgow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB C DDEE FFGG C HHHH C IIJJ C IIAA C IIKL C AAMM C NNOO| Beautiful city of Glasgow with your streets so neat and clean | A |
| Your stateley mansions and beautiful Green | A |
| Likewise your beautiful bridges across the River Clyde | B |
| And on your bonnie banks I would like to reside | B |
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| Chorus | C |
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| Then away to the west to the beautiful west | D |
| To the fair city of Glasgow that I like the best | D |
| Where the River Clyde rolls on to the sea | E |
| And the lark and the blackbird whistle with glee | E |
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| 'Tis beautiful to see the ships passing to and fro | F |
| Laden with goods for the high and the low | F |
| So let the beautiful city of Glasgow flourish | G |
| And may the inhabitants always find food their bodies to nourish | G |
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| Chorus | C |
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| The statue of the Prince of Orange is very grand | H |
| Looking terror to the foe with a truncheon in his hand | H |
| And well mounted on a noble steed which stands in the Trongate | H |
| And holding up its foreleg I'm sure it looks first rate | H |
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| Chorus | C |
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| Then there's the Duke of Wellington's statue in Royal Exchange Square | I |
| It is a beautiful statue I without fear declare | I |
| Besides inspiring and most magnificent to view | J |
| Because he made the French fly at the battle of Waterloo | J |
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| Chorus | C |
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| And as for the statue of Sir Walter Scott that stands in George Square | I |
| It is a handsome statue few with it can compare | I |
| And most elegant to be seen | A |
| And close beside it stands the statue of Her Majesty the Queen | A |
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| Chorus | C |
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| And then there's the statue of Robert Burns in George Square | I |
| And the treatment he received when living was very unfair | I |
| Now when he's dead Scotland's sons for him do mourn | K |
| But alas unto them he can never return | L |
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| Chorus | C |
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| Then as for Kelvin Grove it is most lovely to be seen | A |
| With its beautiful flowers and trees so green | A |
| And a magnificent water fountain spouting up very high | M |
| Where the people can quench their thirst when they feel dry | M |
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| Chorus | C |
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| Beautiful city of Glasgow I now conclude my muse | N |
| And to write in praise of thee my pen does not refuse | N |
| And without fear of contradiction I will venture to say | O |
| You are the second grandest city in Scotland at the present day | O |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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