Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 274. Song—Carle, an’ the King come |
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| Chorus.—Carle, an the King come, | |
| Carle, an the King come, | |
| Thou shalt dance and I will sing, | |
| Carle, an the King come. | |
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| AN SOMEBODY were come again, | 5 |
| Then somebody maun cross the main, | |
| And every man shall hae his ain, | |
| Carle, an the King come. | |
| Carle, an the King come, &c. | |
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| I trow we swapped for the worse, | 10 |
| We gae the boot and better horse; | |
| And that we’ll tell them at the cross, | |
| Carle, an the King come. | |
| Carle, an the King come, &c. | |
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| Coggie, an the King come, | 15 |
| Coggie, an the King come, | |
| I’se be fou, and thou’se be toom | |
| Coggie, an the King come. | |
| Coggie, an the King come, &c. | |
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