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The Red, Red Rose.

By Robert Burns

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Air - "Hughie Graham." I.         O were my love yon lilac fair,             Wi' purple blossoms to the spring;         And I, a bird to shelter there,             When wearied on my little wing!         How I wad mourn, when it was torn             By autumn wild, and winter rude!         But I wad sing on wanton wing,             When youthfu' May its bloom renewed. II.         O gin my love were yon red rose,             That grows upon the castle wa';         And I mysel' a drap o' dew,             Into her bonnie breast to fa'!         Oh, there beyond expression blest,             I'd feast on beauty a' the night;         Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest,             Till fley'd awa by Phoebus' light.

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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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