Wee Willie Gray by Robert Burns
The sang fancies boots an a jacket frae a willow wand, trews an a doublet frae a rose, an a sark an cravat frae twa lily-flouers for Wee Willie Gray. Feathers o a flee wad feather his bonnet.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Children's Poetry, Nonsense Verse · 113 words
First lines
Tune-"Wee Totum Fogg."
Wee Willie Gray, and his leather wallet, / Peel a willow wand to be him boots and jacket; / The rose upon the breir will be him trews an' doublet, / The rose upon the breir will be him trews an' doublet, / Wee Willie Gray, and his leather wallet, / Twice a lily-flower will be him sark and cravat; / Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet, / Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet.
Genres
- Children's Poetry — Short rhyming lines an repeated endings mak a nursery sang aboot a wee figure wi flouers for claes.
- Nonsense Verse — A willow wand becomes imagined boots an a jacket, while feathers o a flee wad feather a bonnet.
Tags
claes · flouers · bonnet · nursery sang · nonsense
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Children's Poetry, Nonsense Verse
- Length: 113 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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