Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 553. Song—O lay thy loof in mine, lass |
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| Chorus—O lay thy loof in mine, lass, | |
| In mine, lass, in mine, lass; | |
| And swear on thy white hand, lass, | |
| That thou wilt be my ain. | |
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| A SLAVE to Love’s unbounded sway, | 5 |
| He aft has wrought me meikle wae; | |
| But now he is my deadly fae, | |
| Unless thou be my ain. | |
| O lay thy loof, &c. | |
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| There’s mony a lass has broke my rest, | 10 |
| That for a blink I hae lo’ed best; | |
| But thou art Queen within my breast, | |
| For ever to remain. | |
| O lay thy loof, &c. | |
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