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Robert Bunrs Poems

Robert Burns poems are know the world over. As Scotland’s national bard his poetry and songs have been celebrated and argued about for over 200 years. He covered many subjects: love, politics, religion, nature and death amongst others. His gentle (and not so gentle) mocking ways took down pomposity and arrogance in extablished hierarchical institutions.

Initially feted by the Edinburgh literary elite his support for the principles of the French revolution saw him shunned and he returned to the west of Scotland where he died at a young age.

We hope you enjoy the Robert Burns poems here and delve into them from time to time. Human nature doesn’t change; the classics can still seem fresh to us today.

We encourage to explore these wonderful poems, particularly around his birthday on the 25th January but also all year round. Dinnae be a sleekit wee beastie wi’ his works……

Love For Love

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Ithers seek they kennawhat, Features, carriage, and a' that; Gieme love in her I court, Love to love maks a'the sport. Let love sparkle in her e'e; Let her lo'e naeman butme; That's the tocher-gudeI prize, There the luver's treasure lies.

My Collier Laddie

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"Whare live ye, my bonielass? And tell me what they ca'ye;" "My name," she says, "is mistress Jean, And I follow the Collier laddie." "My name, she says, &c. "See you not yonhills and dales The sun shines on sae brawlie; They a' are mine, and they shall be thine, Gin ye'll leave your Collier

O Can Ye Labour Lea?

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Chorus-O can ye labour lea, young man, O can ye labour lea? It fee nor bountithshall us twine Ginye can labour lea. I fee'd a man at Michaelmas, Wi'airlepennies three; But a'the fautI had to him, He could nalabour lea, O can ye labour lea, &c. O clappin's gudein Febarwar, An' kissin's sweet in May;

Saw Ye Bonie Lesley

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O sawye bonie Lesley, As she gaedo'er the Border? She's gane, like Alexander, To spread her conquests farther. To see her is to love her, And love buther for ever; For Nature made her what she is, And never made anither! Thou art a queen, fair Lesley, Thy subjects, we before thee; Thou art divine,

Scroggam, My Dearie

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There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen, Scroggam; She brew'd gudeale for gentlemen; Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me, Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum. The gudewife's dochterfell in a fever, Scroggam; The priest o' the parish he fellin anither; Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me, Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum. They laid the

Sic A Wife As Willie Had

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Willie Wastle dwalton Tweed, The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie; Willie was a wabstergude, Could stowna clue wi' ony body: He had a wife was dour and din, O TinklerMaidgie was her mither; Sic a wife as Willie had, I wad nagie a button for her! She has ane'e, she has but ane, The cat

The Country Lass

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In simmer, when the hay was mawn, And corn wav'd green in ilka field, While claverblooms white o'er the lea And roses blawin ilka beild! Blythe Bessie in the milking shiel, Says-"I'll be wed, come o'twhat will": Out spake a dame in wrinkled eild; "O' gudeadvisement comes nae ill. "It's ye hae wooers mony ane,

The Deuks Dang O’er My Daddie

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The bairns gatout wi'anuncoshout, The deuks dango'er my daddie, O! The fien-ma-care, quo'the feirrie auld wife, He was but a paidlin' body, O! He paidles out, and he paidles in, rn' he paidles late and early, O! This seven langyears I hae lienbyhis side, An'he is but a fusionlesscarlie, O. O haud your tongue, my

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