The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/Duncan Gray
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DUNCAN GRAY.
Duncan Gray came here to woo,Ha, ha, the wooing o't,On blithe yule night when we were fou,Ha, ha, the wooing o't.Maggie coost her head fu' high,Look'd asklent and unco skeigh,Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh;Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
Duncan fleech'd, and Duncan pray'd;Ha, ha, &c.Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig,Ha, ha, &c.Duncan sigh'd baith out and in,Grat his een baith bleer't and blin'Spak o' lowpin o'er a linn;Ha, ha, &c.
Time and chance are but a tide,Ha, ha, &c.Slighted love is sair to bide,Ha, ha, &c.Shall I, like a fool, quoth he,For a haughty hizzie die?She may gae to—France for me!Ha, ha, &c.
How it comes let doctors tell,Ha, ha, &c.Meg grew sick—as he grew well,Ha, ha, &c.Something in her bosom wrings,For relief a sigh she brings;And O, her een, they spak sic things!Ha, ha, &c.
Duncan was a lad o' grace,Ha, ha, &c.Maggie's was a piteous case,Ha, ha, &c.Duncan couldna be her death,Swelling pity smoor'd his wrath;Now they're crouse and cantie baith!.Ha, ha, the wooing o't