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Beware O' Bonnie Ann.

By Robert Burns

Topics: classic

Tune - "Ye gallants bright." I.         Ye gallants bright, I red ye right,             Beware o' bonnie Ann;         Her comely face sae fu' o' grace,             Your heart she will trepan.         Her een sae bright, like stars by night,             Her skin is like the swan;         Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist,             That sweetly ye might span. II.         Youth, grace, and love attendant move,             And pleasure leads the van:         In a' their charms, and conquering arms,             They wait on bonnie Ann.         The captive bands may chain the hands,             But love enclaves the man;         Ye Gallants braw, I red you a',             Beware of bonnie Ann!

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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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