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Robert Burns - Duncan GrayRobert Burns - Duncan Gray
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Duncan Gray came here to woo,         Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!     On blythe Yule night when we were fou,         Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!     Maggie coost her head fu high,     Look`d asklent and unco skeigh,     Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh;         Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!     Duncan fleech`d, and Duncan pray`d,        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig,        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    Duncan sigh`d baith out and in,    Grat his een baith bleer`t and blin`,    Spak o` lowpin owre a linn;        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    Time and chance are but a tide,        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    Slighted love is sair to bide,        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    "Shall I, like a fool," quoth he,    "For a haughty hizzie die?    She may gae to—France for me!"—        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    How it comes let doctors tell,        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    Meg grew sick as he grew hale,        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    Something in her bosom wrings,    For relief a sigh she brings;    And O! her een, they spak sic things        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    Duncan was a lad o` grace,        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    Maggie`s was a piteous case,        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!    Duncan could na be her death,    Swelling pity smoor`d his wrath;    Now they`re crouse and cantie baith;        Ha, ha, the wooin o`t!
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