T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 192122. | | Wha Is That at My Bower-door? | By Robert Burns (17591796) |
| WHA is that at my bower-door? | |
O wha is it but Findlay. | |
Then gae your gate, yese nae be here! | |
Indeed maun, I quo Findlay. | |
What makes ye sae like a thief? | 5 |
O come and see, quo Findlay; | |
Before the morn yell work mischief; | |
Indeed will I, quo Findlay. | |
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Gif I rise an let you in; | |
Let me in, quo Findlay; | 10 |
Yell keep me waukin wi your din, | |
Indeed will I, quo Findlay. | |
In my bower, if you should stay? | |
Let me stay, quo Findlay; | |
I fear yell bide till break o day; | 15 |
Indeed will I, quo Findlay. | |
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Here this night, if ye remain, | |
Ill remain, quo Findlay; | |
I dread yell learn the gate again, | |
Indeed will I, quo Findlay. | 20 |
What may pass within this bower, | |
Let it pass, quo Findlay; | |
Ye maun conceal till your last hour; | |
Indeed will I, quo Findlay! | | | |
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