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O Whar Did Ye Get

By Robert Burns

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Tune - "Bonnie Dundee." I.         O, whar did ye get that hauver meal bannock?             O silly blind body, O dinna ye see?         I gat it frae a young brisk sodger laddie,             Between Saint Johnston and bonnie Dundee.         O gin I saw the laddie that gae me't!             Aft has he doudl'd me up on his knee;         May Heaven protect my bonnie Scots laddie,             And send him safe hame to his babie and me! II.         My blessin's upon thy sweet wee lippie,             My blessin's upon thy bonnie e'e brie!         Thy smiles are sae like my blythe sodger laddie,             Thou's ay the dearer and dearer to me!         But I'll big a bower on yon bonnie banks,             Where Tay rins wimplin' by sae clear;         And I'll cleed thee in the tartan sae fine,             And mak thee a man like thy daddie dear.

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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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