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Anster Fair, and Other Poems

By William Tennant. With A Prefatory Memoir of the Author and his Writings
Tennant, William (1784-1848)

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ANSTER FAIR.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
 
THE WINTER DAY.
 
SONG—MINNIE TO HER SPINNIN'-WHEEL.
 
ODE TO PEACE.
 
ON MY MOTHER'S DECEASE,
 
TO MY MOTHER'S SPINNING-WHEEL.
 
THE TANGIERS GIANT.
 
TAMMY LITTLE.
 
EPITAPH ON DAVID BARCLAY,
 
ON THE SAME—(Scotice.)

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SONG—MINNIE TO HER SPINNIN'-WHEEL.

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Imitated from the German of Burger.

Birr on, birr on, my spinnin'-wheel!
Spin on, spin on, my birrin' wheel!
The roofs and wa's are dash't wi' rain;
The wind doth gowl at ilka pane;
But here I sit fu' warm and dry,
And care na for the blasts out-by,
Aye birrin' at my spinnin'-wheel!
Birr on, birr on, my spinnin'-wheel!
Spin on, spin on, my birrin' wheel!
Hey, how the towslet tow comes down!
Hey, how the wheel rins roun' and roun'!
How merrily, hey, the tirlin' pirn
Snaps wi' its iron teeth the yairn,
Aye followin' fast the birrin' wheel!
Birr on, birr on, my spinnin'-wheel!
Spin on, spin on, my birrin' wheel!
Kate's bridal day will soon be here,
And she maun hae her pairt o' gear;
The weaver's hands are toom o' wark,
He's crying loud for sheet or sark,
And flytes you, lazy spinnin'-wheel!
Birr on, birr on, my spinnin'-wheel!
Spin on, spin on, my birrin' wheel!
Haud aff, ye bairns, touch nae the rock,
Play farrer aff, wee Jean and Jock;
For Minnie is taskit, and set to hae
A braw linen wab ere sweet May-day,
Wi' birrin' at her spinnin'-wheel!
Birr on, birr on, my spinnin'-wheel!
Spin on, spin on, my birrin' wheel!
The roofs and wa's are dash'd wi' rain;
The wind doth gowl at ilka pane;
But here I sit fu' warm and dry,
And care na for the blasts out-by,
Aye birrin' at my spinnin'-wheel!
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