Poems and Songs of Robert Burns eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 836 pages of information about Poems and Songs of Robert Burns.
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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 836 pages of information about Poems and Songs of Robert Burns.

     If thou should kiss me, love,
     Wha could espy thee? 
     If thou wad be my love,
     Jamie, come try me! 
     Jamie, come try me, &c.

I Love My Love In Secret

     My Sandy gied to me a ring,
     Was a’ beset wi’ diamonds fine;
     But I gied him a far better thing,
     I gied my heart in pledge o’ his ring.

     Chorus.—­My Sandy O, my Sandy O,
     My bonie, bonie Sandy O;
     Tho’ the love that I owe
     To thee I dare na show,
     Yet I love my love in secret, my Sandy O.

     My Sandy brak a piece o’ gowd,
     While down his cheeks the saut tears row’d;
     He took a hauf, and gied it to me,
     And I’ll keep it till the hour I die. 
     My Sand O, &c.

Sweet Tibbie Dunbar

     O wilt thou go wi’ me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? 
     O wilt thou go wi’ me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? 
     Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car,
     Or walk by my side, O sweet Tibbie Dunbar?

     I care na thy daddie, his lands and his money,
     I care na thy kin, sae high and sae lordly;
     But sae that thou’lt hae me for better for waur,
     And come in thy coatie, sweet Tibbie Dunbar.

The Captain’s Lady

     Chorus.—­O mount and go, mount and make you ready,
     O mount and go, and be the Captain’s lady.

     When the drums do beat, and the cannons rattle,
     Thou shalt sit in state, and see thy love in battle: 
     When the drums do beat, and the cannons rattle,
     Thou shalt sit in state, and see thy love in battle. 
     O mount and go, &c.

     When the vanquish’d foe sues for peace and quiet,
     To the shades we’ll go, and in love enjoy it: 
     When the vanquish’d foe sues for peace and quiet,
     To the shades we’ll go, and in love enjoy it. 
     O mount and go, &c.

John Anderson, My Jo

     John Anderson, my jo, John,
     When we were first acquent;
     Your locks were like the raven,
     Your bonie brow was brent;
     But now your brow is beld, John,
     Your locks are like the snaw;
     But blessings on your frosty pow,
     John Anderson, my jo.

     John Anderson, my jo, John,
     We clamb the hill thegither;
     And mony a cantie day, John,
     We’ve had wi’ ane anither: 
     Now we maun totter down, John,
     And hand in hand we’ll go,
     And sleep thegither at the foot,
     John Anderson, my jo.

My Love, She’s But A Lassie Yet

     My love, she’s but a lassie yet,
     My love, she’s but a lassie yet;
     We’ll let her stand a year or twa,
     She’ll no be half sae saucy yet;
     I rue the day I sought her, O! 
     I rue the day I sought her, O! 
     Wha gets her needs na say she’s woo’d,
     But he may say he’s bought her, O.

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