Robert Burns (17591796). Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 190914. |
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371. SongLady Mary Ann |
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O LADY Mary Ann looks oer the Castle wa, | |
She saw three bonie boys playing at the ba, | |
The youngest he was the flower amang them a, | |
My bonie laddies young, but hes growin yet. | |
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O father, O father, an ye think it fit, | 5 |
Well send him a year to the college yet, | |
Well sew a green ribbon round about his hat, | |
And that will let them ken hes to marry yet. | |
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Lady Mary Ann was a flower in the dew, | |
Sweet was its smell and bonie was its hue, | 10 |
And the longer it blossomd the sweeter it grew, | |
For the lily in the bud will be bonier yet. | |
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Young Charlie Cochran was the sprout of an aik, | |
Bonie and bloomin and straught was its make, | |
The sun took delight to shine for its sake, | 15 |
And it will be the brag o the forest yet. | |
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The simmer is gane when the leaves they were green, | |
And the days are awa that we hae seen, | |
But far better days I trust will come again; | |
For my bonie laddies young, but hes growin yet. | 20 |
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