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Mary Morison.

By Robert Burns

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Tune - "Bide ye yet." I.         O Mary, at thy window be,             It is the wish'd, the trysted hour!         Those smiles and glances let me see             That make the miser's treasure poor:         How blithely wad I bide the stoure,             A weary slave frae sun to sun;         Could I the rich reward secure,             The lovely Mary Morison! II.         Yestreen, when to the trembling string             The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',         To thee my fancy took its wing,             I sat, but neither heard or saw:         Tho' this was fair, and that was braw,             And yon the toast of a' the town,         I sigh'd, and said amang them a',             "Ye are na Mary Morison." III.         O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace,             Wha for thy sake wad gladly die?         Or canst thou break that heart of his,             Whase only faut is loving thee?         If love for love thou wilt na gie,             At least be pity to me shown;         A thought ungentle canna be             The thought o' Mary Morison.

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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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