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The Poetry of Robert Burns

Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson

Burns, Robert (1759-1796)

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THE JOLLY BEGGARS

SATIRES AND VERSES

NOTES AND EPISTLES

THEATRICAL PIECES

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POLITICAL PIECES

ADDRESS OF BEELZEBUB

BIRTHDAY ODE FOR 31ST DECEMBER 1787

ODE TO THE DEPARTED REGENCY BILL

A NEW PSALM FOR THE CHAPEL OF KILMARNOCK

INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HON. C. J. FOX

ON GLENRIDDELL'S FOX BREAKING HIS CHAIN

ON THE COMMEMORATION OF RODNEY'S VICTORY

ODE FOR GENERAL WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

THE FÊTE CHAMPETRE

THE FIVE CARLINS

ELECTION BALLAD FOR WESTERHA'

ELECTION BALLAD

BALLADS ON MR. HERON'S ELECTION, 1795

BALLAD FOURTH: THE TROGGER

THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY

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47

LADDIE, LIE NEAR ME

Chorus

Near me, near me,
Laddie, lie near me!
Lang hae I lain my lane—
Laddie, lie near me!

I

Lang hae we parted been,
Laddie, my dearie;
Now we are met again—
Laddie, lie near me!

II

A' that I hae endur'd,
Laddie, my dearie,
Here in thy arms is cur'd—
Laddie, lie near me!

Chorus

Near me, near me,
Laddie, lie near me!
Lang hae I lain my lane—
Laddie, lie near me!