The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/Bonie Ann

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416939The Poetical Works of Robert Burns — Bonie AnnRobert Burns (1759-1796)

BONIE ANN.

Ye gallants bright, I red you right,
Beware o' bonie Ann:
Her comely face sae fu' o' grace,
Your heart she will trepan.
Her een sae bright, like stars by night,
Her skin is like the swan;
Sae jimpy lac'd her genty waist,
That sweetly ye might span.

Youth, grace, and love, attendant move,
And pleasure leads the van;
In a' their charms, and conquering arms,
They wait on bonie Ann.
The captive bands may chain the hands,
But love enslaves the man:
Ye gallants braw, I red you a',
Beware o' bonie Ann.