The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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AY WAUKIN, O
Chorus
Ay waukin, O,Waukin still and weary:
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie.
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Simmer's a pleasant time:Flowers of every colour,
The water rins owre the heugh,
And I long for my true lover.
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When I sleep I dream,When I wauk I'm eerie,
Sleep I can get nane
For thinkin on my dearie.
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Lanely night comes on,A' the lave are sleepin,
I think on my bonie lad,
And I bleer my een wi' greetin.
Chorus
Ay waukin, O,Waukin still and weary:
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie.
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