Robert Burns - How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
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page 131 of 334 (39%)
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BESSY AND HER SPINNIN'-WHEEL O leeze me on my spinnin'-wheel, [Blessings on] O leeze me on my rock and reel; [distaff] Frae tap to tae that deeds me bien, [top to toe, clothes, comfortably] And haps me fiel and warm at e'en! [wraps, well] I'll set me down and sing and spin, While laigh descends the simmer sun, [low] Blest wi' content, and milk and meal-- O leeze me on my spinnin'-wheel. On ilka hand the burnies trot, [every, brooklets] And meet below my theekit cot; [thatched] The scented birk and hawthorn white [birch] Across the pool their arms unite, Alike to screen the birdie's nest, And little fishes' caller rest: [cool] The sun blinks kindly in the biel', [shelter] Where blythe I turn my spinnin'-wheel. On lofty aiks the cushats wail, [oaks, pigeons] And Echo cons the doolfu' tale; [repeats, doleful] The lintwhites in the hazel braes, [linnets] Delighted, rival ither's lays: The craik amang the claver hay, [corn-crake, clover] The paitrick whirrin' o'er the ley. [partridge, meadow] The swallow jinkin' round my shiel, [dodging, cot] Amuse me at my spinnin'-wheel. |
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