with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns
with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns
10 Loove for loove is the bargain for me, Tho' the wee cot-house should haud me, And the warld before me to win my bread, And fair fa' my Collier laddie. YE GODS, WAS STREPHON's PICTURE BLEST? Tune Fourteenth of October. The title of this air shews that it alludes to the famous king Crispian, the patron of the honorable corporation of Shoemakers.— St, Crispian's day falls on thefourteenth of October, old style, as the old proverb tells; On the fourteentii of October • Was ne'er a sutor* sober. SINCE ROBB D OF ALL THAT CHARM D MY VIEWS. The old name of this air is. The blossom o* the Raspberry, The song is Dr, Blacklock's. * A shoemaker.
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10<br />
Loove for loove is the bargain for me,<br />
Tho' the wee cot-house should haud me,<br />
And the warld before me to win my bread,<br />
And fair fa' my Collier laddie.<br />
YE GODS, WAS STREPHON's PICTURE BLEST?<br />
Tune Fourteenth of October.<br />
The title of this air shews that it alludes to the<br />
famous king Crispian, the patron of the honorable<br />
corporation of Shoemakers.— St, Crispian's day<br />
falls on thefourteenth of October, old style, as the<br />
old proverb tells;<br />
On the fourteentii of October •<br />
Was ne'er a sutor* sober.<br />
SINCE ROBB D OF ALL THAT CHARM D MY<br />
VIEWS.<br />
The old name of this air is. The blossom o* the<br />
Raspberry, The song is Dr, Blacklock's.<br />
* A shoemaker.
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