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/ page 36 of 41 /80. The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
© Robert Burns
AirTuneSoldiers Joy.I am a son of Mars who have been in many wars,
And show my cuts and scars wherever I come;
This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench,
When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum.
Lal de daudle, &c.
283. SongWillie brewd a Peck o Maut
© Robert Burns
O WILLIE 1 brewd a peck o maut,
And Rob and Allen cam to see;
Three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night,
Ye wadna found in Christendie.
358. A Grace after Dinner
© Robert Burns
O THOU, in whom we live and move
Who made the sea and shore;
Thy goodness constantly we prove,
And grateful would adore;
15. Winter: A Dirge
© Robert Burns
THE WINTRY west extends his blast,
And hail and rain does blaw;
Or the stormy north sends driving forth
The blinding sleet and snaw:
490. SongThe charming month of May
© Robert Burns
Chorus.Lovely was she by the dawn,
Youthful Chloe, charming Chloe,
Tripping oer the pearly lawn,
The youthful, charming Chloe.
24. SongNo Churchman am I
© Robert Burns
NO churchman am I for to rail and to write,
No statesman nor soldier to plot or to fight,
No sly man of business contriving a snare,
For a big-bellyd bottles the whole of my care.
51. On Tam the Chapman
© Robert Burns
AS Tam the chapman on a day,
WiDeath forgatherd by the way,
Weel pleasd, he greets a wight so famous,
And Death was nae less pleasd wi Thomas,
540. Inscription to Chloris
© Robert Burns
TIS Friendships pledge, my young, fair Friend,
Nor thou the gift refuse,
Nor with unwilling ear attend
The moralising Muse.
341. SongMy Bonie Bell
© Robert Burns
THE SMILING Spring comes in rejoicing,
And surly Winter grimly flies;
Now crystal clear are the falling waters,
And bonie blue are the sunny skies.
45. My Girl shes Airy: A Fragment
© Robert Burns
MY girl shes airy, shes buxom and gay;
Her breath is as sweet as the blossoms in May;
A touch of her lips it ravishes quite:
Shes always good naturd, good humourd, and free;
She dances, she glances, she smiles upon me;
I never am happy when out of her sight.
38. Epitaph on my Ever Honoured Father
© Robert Burns
O YE whose cheek the tear of pity stains,
Draw near with pious revrence, and attend!
Here lie the loving husbands dear remains,
The tender father, and the genrous friend;
306. Election Ballad at close of Contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790
© Robert Burns
Now, for my friends and brethrens sakes,
And for my dear-lovd Land o Cakes,
I pray with holy fire:
Lord, send a rough-shod troop o Hell
Oer a wad Scotland buy or sell,
To grind them in the mire!
412. A Grace after Meat
© Robert Burns
LORD, we thank, and thee adore,
For temporal gifts we little merit;
At present we will ask no more
Let William Hislop give the spirit.
235. SongThe Fall of the Leaf
© Robert Burns
THE LAZY mist hangs from the brow of the hill,
Concealing the course of the dark-winding rill;
How languid the scenes, late so sprightly, appear!
As Autumn to Winter resigns the pale year.
133. The Brigs of Ayr
© Robert Burns
THE SIMPLE Bard, rough at the rustic plough,
Learning his tuneful trade from evry bough;
The chanting linnet, or the mellow thrush,
Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush;
391. A Tippling BalladWhen Princes and Prelates, etc.
© Robert Burns
WHEN Princes and Prelates,
And hot-headed zealots,
A Europe had set in a low, a low,
The poor man lies down,
431. SongRobert Bruces March to Bannockburn
© Robert Burns
SCOTS, wha hae wi WALLACE bled,
Scots, wham BRUCE has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to Victorie!
34. Remorse: A Fragment
© Robert Burns
OF all the numerous ills that hurt our peace,
That press the soul, or wring the mind with anguish
Beyond comparison the worst are those
By our own folly, or our guilt brought on:
302. Elegy on Willie Nicols Mare
© Robert Burns
PEG NICHOLSON was a good bay mare,
As ever trod on airn;
But now shes floating down the Nith,
And past the mouth o Cairn.
19. A Prayer in the Prospect of Death
© Robert Burns
O THOU unknown, Almighty Cause
Of all my hope and fear!
In whose dread presence, ere an hour,
Perhaps I must appear!