Robin shure in hairst (Burns) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Robin shure in hairst,
  I shure wi' him;
Fint a heuk had I,
  Yet I stack by him.

I gaed up to Dunse,
  To warp a wab o' plaiden;
At his daddie's yet,
  Wha met me but Robin.
Robin shure in hairst...

Was na Robin bauld,
  Tho' I was a cotter,
Play'd me sic a trick
  And me the Eller's dochter!
Robin shure in hairst...

Robin promis'd me
  A' my winter vittle;
Fient haet he had but three
  Goos feathers and a whittle.
Robin shure in hairst...

Authorship

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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