The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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O, WAT YE WHA THAT LO'ES ME |
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O, WAT YE WHA THAT LO'ES ME
Chorus
O, that's the lassie o' my heart,My lassie ever dearer!
O, that's the queen o' womankind,
And ne'er a ane to peer her!
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O, wat ye wha that lo'es me,And has my heart a keeping?
O, sweet is she that lo'es me
As dews o' summer weeping,
In tears the rosebuds steeping!
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If thou shalt meet a lassieIn grace and beauty charming,
That e'en thy chosen lassie,
Erewhile thy breast sae warming,
Had ne'er sic powers alarming:—
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If thou hadst heard her talking(And thy attention's plighted),
That ilka body talking
But her by thee is slighted,
And thou art all-delighted:—
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If thou hast met this fair one,When frae her thou hast parted,
If every other fair one
But her thou hast deserted,
And thou art broken-hearted:—
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Chorus
O, that's the lassie o' my heart,My lassie ever dearer!
O, that's the queen o' womankind,
And ne'er a ane to peer her!
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