Poems and Songs of Robert Burns. Robert Burns
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Название: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

Автор: Robert Burns

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СКАЧАТЬ By birth and temperament he was singularly fitted for the task, and this fitness is proved by the unique extent to which his productions were accepted by his countrymen, and have passed into the life and feeling of his race.

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      Tune—“I am a man unmarried.”

      [Footnote 1: The first of my performances.—R. B.]

       Once I lov'd a bonie lass,

       Ay, and I love her still;

       And whilst that virtue warms my breast,

       I'll love my handsome Nell.

       As bonie lasses I hae seen,

       And mony full as braw;

       But, for a modest gracefu' mein,

       The like I never saw.

       A bonie lass, I will confess,

       Is pleasant to the e'e;

       But, without some better qualities,

       She's no a lass for me.

       But Nelly's looks are blythe and sweet,

       And what is best of a',

       Her reputation is complete,

       And fair without a flaw.

       She dresses aye sae clean and neat,

       Both decent and genteel;

       And then there's something in her gait

       Gars ony dress look weel.

       A gaudy dress and gentle air

       May slightly touch the heart;

       But it's innocence and modesty

       That polishes the dart.

       'Tis this in Nelly pleases me,

       'Tis this enchants my soul;

       For absolutely in my breast

       She reigns without control.

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      Tune—“Invercauld's Reel, or Strathspey.”

      Choir.—O Tibbie, I hae seen the day,

       Ye wadna been sae shy;

       For laik o' gear ye lightly me,

       But, trowth, I care na by.

       Yestreen I met you on the moor,

       Ye spak na, but gaed by like stour;

       Ye geck at me because I'm poor,

       But fient a hair care I.

       O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, &c.

       When coming hame on Sunday last,

       Upon the road as I cam past,

       Ye snufft and ga'e your head a cast—

       But trowth I care't na by.

       O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, &c.

       I doubt na, lass, but ye may think,

       Because ye hae the name o' clink,

       That ye can please me at a wink,

       Whene'er ye like to try.

       O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, &c.

       But sorrow tak' him that's sae mean,

       Altho' his pouch o' coin were clean,

       Wha follows ony saucy quean,

       That looks sae proud and high.

       O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, &c.

       Altho' a lad were e'er sae smart,

       If that he want the yellow dirt,

       Ye'll cast your head anither airt,

       And answer him fu' dry.

       O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, &c.

       But, if he hae the name o' gear,

       Ye'll fasten to him like a brier,

       Tho' hardly he, for sense or lear,

       Be better than the kye.

       O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, &c.

       But, Tibbie, lass, tak' my advice:

       Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice;

       The deil a ane wad speir your price,

       Were ye as poor as I.

       O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, &c.

       There lives a lass beside yon park,

       I'd rather hae her in her sark,

       Than you wi' a' your thousand mark;

       That gars you look sae high.

       O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, &c.

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      I dream'd I lay where flowers were springing

       Gaily in the sunny beam;

       List'ning to the wild birds singing,

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