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WHAT TIME THE KINE CAME DOWN THE BRAE. |
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WHAT TIME THE KINE CAME DOWN THE BRAE.
What time the kine came down the brae,
And Vesper showed her light,
I held across the fields my way,
To pass a happy night.
Oh! there is nothing on the earth,
Beneath the sky above,
That brighten can the heart of man,
Like Woman, with her love.
And Vesper showed her light,
I held across the fields my way,
To pass a happy night.
Oh! there is nothing on the earth,
Beneath the sky above,
That brighten can the heart of man,
Like Woman, with her love.
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A robin carolled, sweet and clear,
A hymn to parting day;
I would have lingered, him to hear,
If love had let me stay.
Oh! there is nothing on the earth, etc.
A hymn to parting day;
I would have lingered, him to hear,
If love had let me stay.
Oh! there is nothing on the earth, etc.
I saw her at the cottage door,
Beneath a climbing vine,
And thought, with worlds I should be poor,
If she were never mine.
Oh! there is nothing on the earth, etc.
Beneath a climbing vine,
And thought, with worlds I should be poor,
If she were never mine.
Oh! there is nothing on the earth, etc.
How sweet the welcome that I sought!
How sparkling, yet sincere!
Her speaking eye, that told the thought
She would not let me hear!
Oh! there is nothing on the earth, etc.
How sparkling, yet sincere!
Her speaking eye, that told the thought
She would not let me hear!
Oh! there is nothing on the earth, etc.
The cock was crowing for the day,
When homeward I returned;
How cold the dewdrops round my way!
How warm my bosom burned!
Oh! there is nothing on the earth,
Beneath the sky above,
That brighten can the heart of man,
Like Woman, with her love.
When homeward I returned;
How cold the dewdrops round my way!
How warm my bosom burned!
Oh! there is nothing on the earth,
Beneath the sky above,
That brighten can the heart of man,
Like Woman, with her love.
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