The Poetical WorksKing, 1865 - 500 pages |
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... queer ha ha's , They made our lugs grow eerie , O ! The hungry bike did scrape and pike Till we were wae and weary , O. But a royal ghaist wha once was cas'd , A B 2 ROBERT BURNS . 3 But to see her was to love her; ...
... queer ha ha's , They made our lugs grow eerie , O ! The hungry bike did scrape and pike Till we were wae and weary , O. But a royal ghaist wha once was cas'd , A B 2 ROBERT BURNS . 3 But to see her was to love her; ...
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... weary foot , Sin auld lang syne . We twa hae paidl't i ' the burn , Frae mornin ' sun till dine ; But seas between us braid hae roar'd , Sin auld lang syne . And here's a hand , my trusty fiere , And gie's a hand o ' thine ; And we'll ...
... weary foot , Sin auld lang syne . We twa hae paidl't i ' the burn , Frae mornin ' sun till dine ; But seas between us braid hae roar'd , Sin auld lang syne . And here's a hand , my trusty fiere , And gie's a hand o ' thine ; And we'll ...
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... weary days , And nights o ' sleepless pain ! Thou golden time o ' youthfu ' prime , Why comes thou not again ? BY ALLAN STREAM I CHANC'D TO ROVE . TUNE - Allan Water . By Allan stream I chanc'd to rove , While Phoebus sank beyond ...
... weary days , And nights o ' sleepless pain ! Thou golden time o ' youthfu ' prime , Why comes thou not again ? BY ALLAN STREAM I CHANC'D TO ROVE . TUNE - Allan Water . By Allan stream I chanc'd to rove , While Phoebus sank beyond ...
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... weary wight can please , And care his bosom wringing ? Fain , fain would I my griefs impart , Yet dare na for your anger ; But secret love will break my heart , If I conceal it langer . If thou refuse to pity me , If thou shalt love ...
... weary wight can please , And care his bosom wringing ? Fain , fain would I my griefs impart , Yet dare na for your anger ; But secret love will break my heart , If I conceal it langer . If thou refuse to pity me , If thou shalt love ...
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... weary . - HEY FOR A LASS WI ' A TOCHER . TUNE - Balinamona ora . AWA wi ' your witchcraft o ' beauty's alarms , The slender bit beauty you grasp in your arms : Oh , gie me the lass that has acres o ' charms , Oh , gie me the lass wi ...
... weary . - HEY FOR A LASS WI ' A TOCHER . TUNE - Balinamona ora . AWA wi ' your witchcraft o ' beauty's alarms , The slender bit beauty you grasp in your arms : Oh , gie me the lass that has acres o ' charms , Oh , gie me the lass wi ...
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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'.