Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 250. Song—She’s Fair and Fause |
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| SHE’S fair and fause that causes my smart, | |
| I lo’ed her meikle and lang; | |
| She’s broken her vow, she’s broken my heart, | |
| And I may e’en gae hang. | |
| A coof cam in wi’ routh o’ gear, | 5 |
| And I hae tint my dearest dear; | |
| But Woman is but warld’s gear, | |
| Sae let the bonie lass gang. | |
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| Whae’er ye be that woman love, | |
| To this be never blind; | 10 |
| Nae ferlie ’tis tho’ fickle she prove, | |
| A woman has’t by kind. | |
| O Woman lovely, Woman fair! | |
| An angel form’s faun to thy share, | |
| ’Twad been o’er meikle to gi’en thee mair— | 15 |
| I mean an angel mind. | |
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