with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

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TO THE ROSE BUD.
This song is the composition of a Johfisottf
a joiner in the neighbourhood of Belfast,— The tune
is bt^ Oswald, altered, evidently, from Jockie's Gray
Breeks.
All hail to thee thou bawmy bud,
Thou charming child o' simmer, hail
Ilk fragrant thorn and lofty wood
Does nod thy welcome to the vale.
See on thy lovely faulded form,
Glad Phoebus smiles wi' chearing eye.
While on thy head the dewy morn
Has shed the tears o' silent joy.
Th\e tuneful tribes frae yonder bower,
Wi' sangs of joy thy presence hail
Then haste, thou bawmy fragrant flower^
And gie thy bosom to the gale.
And see the fair industrious bee,
With airy wheel and soothing hum.
Flies ceaseless round thy parent tree.
While gentle breezes trembling come«
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