The Poetical WorksKing, 1865 - 500 pages |
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... guid willie - waught , For auld lang syne . And surely ye'll be your pint - stoup And surely I'll be mine ; And we'll tak a cup o ' kindness yet . For auld lang syne . AULD ROB MORRIS . THERE'S auld Rob Morris that wons ROBERT BURNS . 7 ...
... guid willie - waught , For auld lang syne . And surely ye'll be your pint - stoup And surely I'll be mine ; And we'll tak a cup o ' kindness yet . For auld lang syne . AULD ROB MORRIS . THERE'S auld Rob Morris that wons ROBERT BURNS . 7 ...
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... guid fellows and wale o ' auld men : He has gowd in his coffers , he has owsen and kine , And ae bonnie lassie , his darling and mine . She's fresh as the morning , the fairest in May ; She's sweet as the evening amang the new hay ; As ...
... guid fellows and wale o ' auld men : He has gowd in his coffers , he has owsen and kine , And ae bonnie lassie , his darling and mine . She's fresh as the morning , the fairest in May ; She's sweet as the evening amang the new hay ; As ...
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... 'er us for a curse , And we hae done wi ' thriving . Grim vengeance lang has taen a nap , But we may see him wauken ; Guid help the day when royal heads Are hunted like a maukin . BANNOCKS O ' BARLEY . TUNE - The Killogie . ROBERT BURNS .
... 'er us for a curse , And we hae done wi ' thriving . Grim vengeance lang has taen a nap , But we may see him wauken ; Guid help the day when royal heads Are hunted like a maukin . BANNOCKS O ' BARLEY . TUNE - The Killogie . ROBERT BURNS .
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... guid swats , and an auld Scottish sang . I whiles claw the elbow o ' troublesome thought ; But man is a sodger , and life is a faught : My mirth and good humour are coin in my pouch , And my Freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch ...
... guid swats , and an auld Scottish sang . I whiles claw the elbow o ' troublesome thought ; But man is a sodger , and life is a faught : My mirth and good humour are coin in my pouch , And my Freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch ...
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... guid advisement comes nae ill . It's ye hae wooers mony ane , And , lassie , ye're but young , ye ken ; Then wait a wee , and cannie wale A routhie butt , a routhie ben : There's Johnie o ' the Buskie - glen , Fu ' is his barn , fu ' is ...
... guid advisement comes nae ill . It's ye hae wooers mony ane , And , lassie , ye're but young , ye ken ; Then wait a wee , and cannie wale A routhie butt , a routhie ben : There's Johnie o ' the Buskie - glen , Fu ' is his barn , fu ' is ...
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AE FOND KISS ain dear Amang auld auld lang syne awa wi banks birks of Aberfeldy blaw blest blink blooming blythe bonnie blue bonnie lad bonnie lass bosom braes braw breast charms CHORUS claut Collier Laddie danc'd awa dearest dearie deil's awa dewy e'en e'er fair Farewell Fête Champêtre flowers frae Gala Water glen green grows bonnie wi hame heart Here's a health Highland lassie ilka John Barleycorn Kenmure's kiss loes love thee lover luve maun mony morning nae mair Nancy ne'er never night o'er Och-on parcel of rogues Peggy's Phillis pleasure rove rue grows bonnie siller simmer sing smile snaw sparklin sweet sweetly syne tear thine thou hast thro thyme TUNE-The twa glancin wander weary wee thing weel Whigs wife wild Willie wind wither'd ye'll yon town young young Jessie
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Page 104 - Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Page 21 - See the front o' battle lour: See approach proud Edward's power, — Chains and slaverie! Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa?
Page 193 - Mary ! dear departed shade ! Where is thy place of blissful rest-? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast ? That sacred hour can I forget, Can I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love...
Page 40 - THAT AND A' THAT" Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 93 - MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Page 7 - For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne.
Page 34 - DUNCAN GRAY cam here to woo, Ha, ha, the wooing o't, On blythe Yule night when we were fou, Ha, ha, the wooing o't. Maggie coost her head fu' high, Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o't. Duncan fleech'd, and Duncan pray'd; Ha, ha, the wooing o't; Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig, Ha, ha, the wooing o't; Duncan sigh'd baith out and in, Grat his een baith bleer't and blin', Spak o' lowpin' o'er a linn ; Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
Page 94 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go...
Page 41 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a
Page 119 - I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw. Thy bield l should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.