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
£4 To dead him weel shall be my care, And please him a' my study But he maun wear the auld pair Awee, tho' they be duddy. For when the lad was in his prime, Like him there was nae mony, He caM me aye his bonny thing, Sae wha wou'd na lo'e Johnny ? So 1 lo'e Johnny's gray breeks, For a' the care they've gi'en me yet. And gin we live anither year, We'll keep them hale betwen us yet. Now to conclude,—his gray breeks, I'll sing them up wi' mirth and glee Here's luck to a' the gray steeks,* That show themsells upo' the knee ! And if wi' health I'm spared, A' wee while as I may, I shall hae them prepared. As well as ony that's o' gray, * Stitches, • ,
25 MAY EVE, OR KATE OF ABERDEEN. Kate of Aberdeen, is, I believe, the zoork of poor Cunningham the player ; of whom the follow- ing anecdote, though told before, deserves a recital. A fat dignitary of the church coming past Cunningham one Sunday as the poor poet zms busy plying a fishing-rod in some stream near Durham, his native country, his reverence reprimanded Cunningham very severely for such an occupation on such a day.
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£4<br />
To dead him weel shall be my care,<br />
And please him a' my study<br />
But he maun wear the auld pair<br />
Awee, tho' they be duddy.<br />
For when the lad was in his prime,<br />
Like him there was nae mony,<br />
He caM me aye his bonny thing,<br />
Sae wha wou'd na lo'e Johnny ?<br />
So 1 lo'e Johnny's gray breeks,<br />
For a' the care they've gi'en me yet.<br />
And gin we live anither year,<br />
We'll keep them hale betwen us yet.<br />
Now to conclude,—his gray breeks,<br />
I'll sing them up wi' mirth <strong>and</strong> glee<br />
Here's luck to a' the gray steeks,*<br />
That show themsells upo' the knee !<br />
And if wi' health I'm spared,<br />
A' wee while as I may,<br />
I shall hae them prepared.<br />
As well as ony that's o' gray,<br />
* Stitches,<br />
•<br />
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