Green grow the rashes, O, / The sweetest hours that e’er I spend, / Are spent amang the lasses, O
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"Green grow the rashes, O, / The sweetest hours that e’er I spend, / Are spent amang the lasses, O" is the famous, recurring refrain from Robert Burns’s Scots song “Green Grow the Rashes, O,” celebrating the joy of time spent in the company of women.
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| "Green grow the rashes, O, / The sweetest hours that e’er I spend, / Are spent amang the lasses, O" | 0 |
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
poetic line
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song refrain ⓘ |
| associatedWith | 18th-century Scottish song tradition ⓘ |
| author | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDialectWord |
"amang"
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"lasses" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | well-known refrain in Burns’s songs ⓘ |
| expressesEmotion |
affection
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happiness ⓘ |
| genre | song refrain ⓘ |
| hasLine |
"Are spent amang the lasses, O"
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"Green grow the rashes, O" ⓘ "The sweetest hours that e’er I spend" ⓘ |
| language | Scots ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Scottish literature ⓘ |
| meter | song verse meter ⓘ |
| partOf | "Green Grow the Rashes, O" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refrainOf | Scots song ⓘ |
| register | colloquial Scots ⓘ |
| repetitionFunction | chorus ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | O-ending refrain ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | time spent with women ⓘ |
| theme |
joy of companionship
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love ⓘ pleasure in the company of women ⓘ |
| usedIn | performances of "Green Grow the Rashes, O" ⓘ |
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Green grow the rashes, O, / The sweetest hours that e’er I spend, / Are spent amang the lasses, O
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