The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/The Bonie Wee Thing
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THE BONIE WEE THING.
TUNE—'THE LADS OF SALTCOATS.'
Bonie wee thing, cannie wee thing,Lovely wee thing, was thou mine,I wad wear thee in my bosom,Lest my jewel I should tine.
Wistfully I look and languishIn that bonie face o' thine;And my heart it stounds wi' anguish,Lest my wee thing be na mine.
Wit, and grace, and love, and beauty,In ae constellation shine;To adore thee is my duty,Goddess o' this soul o' mine!Bonie wee, &c.