Robert Burns - How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
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page 129 of 334 (38%)
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Wi' his teethless gab and his auld beld pow, [mouth, bald head]
And the rain rains down frae his red bleer'd e'e-- That auld man shall never daunton me. I'M OWRE YOUNG TO MARRY YET I am my mammie's ae bairn, [only child] Wi' unco folk I weary, Sir; [strange] And lying in a man's bed, I'm fley'd wad mak me eerie, Sir. [frightened, scared] I'm owre young, I'm owre young, [too] I'm owre young to marry yet; I'm owre young, 'twad be a sin To tak me frae my mammie yet. [My mammie coft me a new gown, [bought] The kirk maun hae the gracing o't; [must] Were I to lie wi' you, kind Sir, I'm fear'd ye'd spoil the lacing o't.] Hallowmas is come and gane, The nights are lang in winter, Sir; And you an' I in ae bed, In troth I dare na venture, Sir. Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind Blaws thro' the leafless timmer, Sir; [timber] But if ye come this gate again, [way] |
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