Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 277. Song—My Eppie Adair |
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| Chorus.—An’ O my Eppie, my jewel, my Eppie, | |
| Wha wad na be happy wi’ Eppie Adair? | |
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| BY love, and by beauty, by law, and by duty, | |
| I swear to be true to my Eppie Adair! | |
| By love, and by beauty, by law, and by duty, | 5 |
| I swear to be true to my Eppie Adair! | |
| And O my Eppie, &c. | |
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| A’ pleasure exile me, dishonour defile me, | |
| If e’er I beguile ye, my Eppie Adair! | |
| A’ pleasure exile me, dishonour defile me, | 10 |
| If e’er I beguile thee, my Eppie Adair! | |
| And O my Eppie, &c. | |
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