Last may braw wooer – Robert Burns
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Robert Burns – Last may braw wooer
Last May a braw wooer cam’ down the lang glenAnd sair wi’ his love he did deave meI said there was naethin’ I hated like menThe deuce gae wi’ him to believe me, believe meThe deuce gae wi’ him to believe me
He spak o’ the darts in my bonnie blue eenAnd vowed for my love he was diein’I said he might die when he wanted for JeanThe Lord forgie me for liein’, for liein’The Lord forgie me for liein’
A weel-stocket mailin, himsel for the lairdAnd marriage off hand were his proffersI never loot on that I kenned it, or caredBut thought I might hae waur offers, waur offersBut thought I might hae waur offers
But what wad ye think? In a fortnight or less(The De’il tak his taste to gae near her!)He up the Gate-Slack to my black cousin Bess!Guess ye how the jad! I could bear her, bear herGuess ye how the jad! I could bear her
But a’ the niest week, as I petted wi’ careI gaed to the tryste o’ DalgarnockAnd wha but my fine fickle lover was there?I glower’d as I’d seen a warlock, a warlockI glower’d as I’d seen a warlock
But owre my left shouther I gied him a blinkLest neebours might say I was saucyMy wooer he capered as he’d been in drinkAnd vowed I was his dear lassie, dear lassieAnd vowed I was his dear lassie
I spiered for my cousin fu’ couthy and sweetGin she had recovered her hear’n?And how her new shoon fit her auld shackled feet?But heavens! How he fell a’swearin’, a’swearin’But heavens! How he fell a’swearin’
He begged, for gudesake, I wad be his wifeOr else I wad kill him wi’ sorrowSo e’en to preserve the poor body in lifeI think I maun wed him tomorrow, tomorrowI think I maun wed him tomorrow
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