The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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STEER HER UP, AND HAUD HER GAUN.
BURNS.
Tv-^-E—-Steer her up.
O STEER Iier up and baud fjer gaun;
Her mither's at the mill, jo ;
And gin she winna tak a man,
E'en let her tak her will, jo.
First shore her wi' a kindly kiss,
And ca' another gill, jo ;
And gin she tak the thing amiss,
E'en let her flyte her fill, jo.
O steer her up, and be na blate
And gin she tak it ill, jo,
Then lea' the lassie to her fate,
And time nae langer spill, jo.
Ne'er break your heart for ae rebufc,
But think upon it still, jo,
That gin the lassie winna do't.
Ye '11 find another will, jo.*
* This song, and the four which follow, are from Johnson's Musical
Museum. It is somewhat strange that they should have been overlooked
by Dr Currie, and still more so, that they should have also escaped the
research of the many less scrupvilous editors who have laboured since.
They are not, perhaps, in Burns's best style; but, as Johnson's work is so
rare as to render them almost as good as manuscript, their insertion here
seems at least justifiable.
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