Duncan Gray

2018-11-12T18:27:59+00:001792, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

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 coosther head fu'heigh, Look'd asklentand uncoskeigh, 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

My Bonie Bell

2018-11-12T18:27:46+00:001791, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing, And surly Winter grimly flies; Now crystal clear are the falling waters, And bonie blue are the sunny skies. Fresh o'er the mountains breaks forth the morning, The ev'ning gilds the ocean's swell; All creatures joy in the sun's returning, And I rejoice in my bonie Bell. The flowery

My Eppie Macnab

2018-11-12T18:27:46+00:001791, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie Macnab? O sawye my dearie, my Eppie Macnab? She's down in the yard, she's kissin the laird, She winnacome hameto her ain Jock Rab. O come thy ways to me, my Eppie Macnab; O come thy ways to me, my Eppie Macnab; Whate'er thou hast dune, be it

My Tocher’s The Jewel

2018-11-12T18:27:46+00:001791, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

O Meikle thinks my luve o' my beauty, And meikle thinks my luve o' my kin; But little thinks my luve I kenbrawlie My tocher's the jewel has charms for him. It's a' for the apple he'll nourish the tree, It's a'for the hinny he'll cherish the bee, My laddie's sae meiklein luve wi' the

Nithsdale’s Welcome Hame

2018-11-12T18:27:47+00:001791, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

The noble Maxwells and their powers Are coming o'er the border, And they'll gaebigTerreagles' towers And setthem a' in order. And they declare Terreagles fair, For their abode they choose it; There's noa heart in a'the land But's lighter at the news o't. Tho' stars in skies may disappear, And angry tempests gather; The happy

O For Ane An’ Twenty, Tam

2018-11-12T18:27:47+00:001791, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Chorus.-An' O for ane an' twenty, Tam! And hey, sweet ane an' twenty, Tam! I'll learn my kin a rattlin' sang, An' I saw ane an' twenty, Tam. They snoolme sair, and haudme down, An' garme look like bluntie, Tam; Butthree short years will soon wheel roun', An' then comes ane an' twenty, Tam. An'

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