Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 7. Ah, woe is me, my Mother dear |
| | | | | Paraphrase of Jeremiah, 15th Chap., 10th verse. |
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| AH, woe is me, my mother dear! | |
| A man of strife ye’ve born me: | |
| For sair contention I maun bear; | |
| They hate, revile, and scorn me. | |
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| I ne’er could lend on bill or band, | 5 |
| That five per cent. might blest me; | |
| And borrowing, on the tither hand, | |
| The deil a ane wad trust me. | |
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| Yet I, a coin-denièd wight, | |
| By Fortune quite discarded; | 10 |
| Ye see how I am, day and night, | |
| By lad and lass blackguarded! | |
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