542. Song-Fragment-the Wren’s Nest. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics

Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

542. Song—Fragment—the Wren’s Nest


THE ROBIN to the Wren’s nest
Cam keekin’ in, cam keekin’ in;
O weel’s me on your auld pow,
Wad ye be in, wad ye be in?
Thou’s ne’er get leave to lie without,	5
And I within, and I within,
Sae lang’s I hae an auld clout
To rowe ye in, to rowe ye in.