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JOHN ANDERSON

JOHN

ROBERT BURNS

OHN ANDERSON, my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie 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 canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither; Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go; And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson, my jo.

COCK UP YOUR BEAVER

ROBERT BURNS

HEN first my brave Johnnie lad
Came to this town,

He had a blue bonnet
That wanted a crown;
But now he has gotten

A hat and a feather,-
Hey, brave Johnnie lad,
Cock up your beaver!

Cock up your beaver,

And cock it fu' sprush,

We'll over the border

And gi'e them a brush;

There's somebody there

We'll teach better behaviour

Hey, brave Johnnie lad,

Cock up your beaver!

A RED, RED ROSE

ROBERT BURNS

MY luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June! O, my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:

And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun: I will luve thee still, my dear,

While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve !
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile.

THE WINSOME WEE THING

S

ROBERT BURNS

HE is a winsome wee thing,

She is a handsome wee thing,

She is a bonnie wee thing,

This sweet wee wife o' mine.

I never saw a fairer,

I never lo'ed a dearer;

And neist my heart I'll wear her, For fear my jewel tine.

She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonnie wee thing,

This sweet wee wife o' mine.

The world's wrack we share o't,
The warstle and the care o't;
Wi' her I'll blythely bear it,
And think my lot divine.

PHYLLIS THE FAIR

ROBERT BURNS

HILE larks with little wing
Fann'd the pure air,

Tasting the breathing Spring,
Forth I did fare:

Gay the sun's golden eye

Peep'd o'er the mountains high;

Such thy morn! did I cry,
Phyllis the fair.

In each bird's careless song,
Glad I did share;

While yon wild flowers among,

Chance led me there: Sweet to the opening day,

Rosebuds bent the dewy spray; Such thy bloom! did I say,

Phyllis the fair.

Down in a shady walk

Doves cooing were,

I mark'd the cruel hawk,
Caught in a snare:
So kind may fortune be,
Such make his destiny!
He who would injure thee,
Phyllis the fair.

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