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O Mally's Meek, Mally's Sweet.

By Robert Burns

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I.         O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet,             Mally's modest and discreet,         Mally's rare, Mally's fair,             Mally's every way complete.         As I was walking up the street,             A barefit maid I chanc'd to meet;         But O the road was very hard             For that fair maiden's tender feet. II.         It were mair meet that those fine feet             Were weel lac'd up in silken shoon,         And 'twere more fit that she should sit,             Within yon chariot gilt aboon. III.         Her yellow hair, beyond compare,             Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck;         And her two eyes, like stars in skies,             Would keep a sinking ship frae wreck.         O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet,             Mally's modest and discreet,         Mally's rare, Mally's fair,             Mally's every way complete.

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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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