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Amang The Trees.

By Robert Burns

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Tune - "The King of France, he rade a race." I.         Amang the trees, where humming bees             At buds and flowers were hinging, O,         Auld Caledon drew out her drone,             And to her pipe was singing, O;         'Twas pibroch, sang, strathspey, or reels,             She dirl'd them aff fu' clearly, O,         When there cam a yell o' foreign squeels,             That dang her tapsalteerie, O. II.         Their capon craws and queer ha ha's,             They made our lugs grow eerie, O;         The hungry bike did scrape and pike,             'Till we were wae and weary, O;         But a royal ghaist wha ance was cas'd             A prisoner aughteen year awa,         He fir'd a fiddler in the north             That dang them tapsalteerie, O.

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About Robert Burns

Robert Burns (1759–1796) was Scotland's national poet, celebrated worldwide on Burns Night. He wrote in Scots and English, producing poems like "Auld Lang Syne," "A Red, Red Rose," and "To a Mouse," championing democratic values and the dignity of common people.

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