only to number out a villain's years!
i lay my hand upon my swelling breast,
and grateful would, but cannot speak the rest.
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns extemporaneous effusion extemporaneous effusion
on being appointed to an excise division.
searching auld wives' barrels,
ochon the day!
that clarty barm should stain my laurels:
but—what'll ye say?
these movin' things ca'd wives an' weans,
wad move the very hearts o' stanes!
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns song—willie brewd a peck o maut song—willie brew'd a peck o' maut 注释标题 willie is nicol, allan is masterton the writing— master. the scene is between moffat and the head of the loch of the lowes. date, august—september, 1789.—lang.
o willie brew'd a peck o' maut,
and rob and allen cam to see;
three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night,
ye wadna found in christendie.
chorus.—we are na fou, we're nae that fou,
but just a drappie in our ee;
the cock may craw, the day may daw
and aye we'll taste the barley bree.
here are we met, three merry boys,
three merry boys i trow are we;
and mony a night we've merry been,
and mony mae we hope to be!
we are na fou, c.
it is the moon, i ken her horn,
that's blinkin' in the lift sae hie;
she shines sae bright to wyle us hame,
but, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee!
we are na fou, c.
wha first shall rise to gang awa,
a cuckold, coward loun is he!
wha first beside his chair shall fa',
he is the king amang us three.
we are na fou, c.
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns ca the yowes to the knowes ca' the yowes to the knowes
chorus.—ca' the yowes to the knowes,
ca' them where the heather grows,
ca' them where the burnie rowes,
my bonie dearie
as i gaed down the water-side,
there i met my shepherd lad:
he row'd me sweetly in his plaid,
and he ca'd me his dearie.
ca' the yowes, c.
will ye gang down the water-side,
and see the waves sae sweetly glide
beneath the hazels spreading wide,
the moon it shines fu' clearly.
ca' the yowes, c.
ye sall get gowns and ribbons meet,
cauf-leather shoon upon your feet,
and in my arms ye'se lie and sleep,
an' ye sall be my dearie.
ca' the yowes, c.
if ye'll but stand to what ye've said,
i'se gang wi' thee, my shepherd lad,
and ye may row me in your plaid,
and i sall be your dearie.
ca' the yowes, c.
while waters wimple to the sea,
while day blinks in the lift sae hie,
till clay-cauld death sall blin' my e'e,
ye sall be my dearie.
ca' the yowes, c.
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns i gaed a waefu gate yestreen i gaed a waefu' gate yestreen
i gaed a waefu' gate yestreen,
a gate, i fear, i'll dearly rue;
i gat my death frae twa sweet een,
twa lovely een o'bonie blue.
'twas not her golden ringlets bright,
her lips like roses wat wi' dew,
her heaving bosom, lily-white—
it was her een sae bonie blue.
she talk'd, she smil'd, my heart she wyl'd;
she charm'd my soul i wist na how;
and aye the stound, the deadly wound,
cam frae her een so bonie blue.
but “spare to speak, and spare to speed;”
she'll aiblins listen to my vow:
should she refuse, i'll lay my dead
to her twa een sae bonie blue.
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns highland harry back again highland harry back again
my harry was a gallant gay,
fu' stately strade he on the plain;
but now he's banish'd far away,
i'll never see him back again.
chorus.—o for him back again!
o for him back again!
i wad gie a' knockhaspie's land
for highland harry back again.
when a' the lave gae to their bed,
i wander dowie up the glen;
i set me down and greet my fill,
and aye i wish him back again.
o for him, c.
o were some villains hangit high,
and ilka body had their ain!
then i might see the joyfu' sight,
my highland harry back again.
o for him, c.
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns the battle of sherramuir the battle of sherramuir
tune—“the cameronian rant.”
“o cam ye here the fight to shun,
or herd the sheep wi' me, man?
or were ye at the sherra-moor,
or did the battle see, man?”
i saw the battle, sair and teugh,
and reekin-red ran mony a sheugh;
my heart, for fear, gaed sough for sough,
to hear the thuds, and see the cluds
o' clans frae woods, in tartan duds,
wha glaum'd at kingdoms three, man.
la, la, la, la, c.
the red-coat lads, wi' black cockauds,
to meet them were na slaw, man;
they rush'd and push'd, and blude outgush'd
and mony a bouk did fa', man:
the great argyle led on his files,
i wat they glanced twenty miles;
they hough'd the clans like nine-pin kyles,
they hack'd and hash'd, while braid-swords, clash'd,
and thro' they dash'd, and hew'd and smash'd,
till fey men died awa, man.
la, la, la, la, c.
but had ye seen the philibegs,
and skyrin tartan trews, man;
when in the teeth they dar'd our whigs,
and covenant true-blues, man:
in lines extended lang and large,
when baiginets o'erpower'd the targe,
and thousands hasten'd to the charge;
wi' highland wrath they frae the sheath
drew blades o' death, till, out o' breath,
they fled like frighted dows, man!
la, la, la, la, c.
“o how deil, tam, can that be true?
the chase gaed frae the north, man;
i saw mysel, they did pursue,
the horsemen back to forth, man;
and at dunblane, in my ain sight,
they took the brig wi' a' their might,
and straught to stirling wing'd their flight;
but, cursed lot! the gates were shut;
and mony a huntit poor red-coat,
for fear amaist did swarf, man!”
la, la, la, la, c.
my sister kate cam up the gate
wi' crowdie unto me, man;
she swoor she saw some rebels run
to perth unto dundee, man;
their left-hand general had nae skill;
the angus lads had nae gude will
that day their neibors' blude to spill;
for fear, for foes, that they should lose
their cogs o' brose; they scar'd at blows,
and hameward fast did flee, man.
la, la, la, la, c.
they've lost some gallant gentlemen,
amang the highland clans, man!
i fear my lord panmure is slain,
or fallen in whiggish hands, man,
now wad ye sing this double fight,
some fell for wrang, and some for right;
but mony bade the world gude-night;
then ye may tell, how pell and mell,
by red claymores, and muskets knell,
wi' dying yell, the tories fell,
and whigs to hell did flee, man.
la, la, la, la, c.
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns the braes o killiecrankie the braes o' killiecrankie
where hae ye been sae braw, lad?
whare hae ye been sae brankie, o?
whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
cam ye by killiecrankie, o?
chorus.—an ye had been whare i hae been,
ye wad na been sae cantie, o;
an ye had seen what i hae seen,
i' the braes o' killiecrankie, o.
i faught at land, i faught at sea,
at hame i faught my auntie, o;
but i met the devil an' dundee,
on the braes o' killiecrankie, o.
an ye had been, c.
the bauld pitcur fell in a furr,
an' clavers gat a clankie, o;
or i had fed an athole gled,
on the braes o' killiecrankie, o.
an ye had been, c.