The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/My Hoggie
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MY HOGGIE.
TUNE—'WHAT WILL I DO GIN MY HOGGIE DIE.'
What will I do gin my Hoggie die?My joy, my pride, my Hoggie!My only beast, I had nae mae,And vow but I was vogie!
The lee-lang night we watch'd the fauld,Me and my faithfu' doggie;We heard nought but the roaring linn,Amang the braes sae scroggie;
But the howlet cry'd frae the castle wa',The bitter frae the boggie,The tod reply'd upon the hill,I trembled for my Hoggie.
When day did daw, and cocks did craw,The morning it was foggie;An' unco tyke lap o'er the dyke,And maist has kill'd my Hoggie.