Four Popular Songs (3)/Auld Rob Morris
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SONGS.
Auld Rob Morris.
There's auld Rob Morris that wons in yon ⟨glen,⟩
He s the king o' gude fellows and wale o' ⟨auld⟩ men;
He has gowd in his coffers he has owsen and ⟨kine⟩
And ae bonny lassie his darling and mine,
He s the king o' gude fellows and wale o' ⟨auld⟩ men;
He has gowd in his coffers he has owsen and ⟨kine⟩
And ae bonny lassie his darling and mine,
She's fresh as the morning the fairest in May
She's sweet as the e'ening, amnng the new ⟨hay,⟩
As blythe and as artless as the lamb on the ⟨lea,⟩
And dear to my heart as the light to my ee,
She's sweet as the e'ening, amnng the new ⟨hay,⟩
As blythe and as artless as the lamb on the ⟨lea,⟩
And dear to my heart as the light to my ee,
But O she's an heiress auld Robin's a laird,
And my daddie has nought but a cot-house yard;
A wooer like me mauna hope to come speed,
The wounds I must hide that will soon be my ⟨dead.⟩
And my daddie has nought but a cot-house yard;
A wooer like me mauna hope to come speed,
The wounds I must hide that will soon be my ⟨dead.⟩
The day comes to me but delight brings me nane,
The night comes to me but my rest it is gane,
I wander my lane like a night troubled ghaist,
And I sigh as my heart it wad burst in my breast.
The night comes to me but my rest it is gane,
I wander my lane like a night troubled ghaist,
And I sigh as my heart it wad burst in my breast.
O, had she but been of lower degree
I then might have hoped she would smile upon me!
O how past describing had then been my bliss,
As now my distraction no words can express.
I then might have hoped she would smile upon me!
O how past describing had then been my bliss,
As now my distraction no words can express.