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Robert Burns - It Was A` For Our Rightfu` King
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It was a` for our rightfu` king 
That we left fair Scotland`s strand;
It was a` for our rightfu` king
We e`er saw Irish land, my dear,
We e`er saw Irish land.

Now a` is done that men can do,
And a` is done in vain!
My love, and native land, fareweel,
For I maun cross the main, my dear,
For I maun cross the main.

He turn`d him right and round about,
Upon the Irish shore,
He gave his bridle-reins a shake,
With, Adieu for evermore, my dear,
And adieu for evermore.

The soldier frae the war returns,
And the merchant frae the main.
But I hae parted frae my love,
Never to meet again, my dear,
Never to meet again.

When day is gone and night is come,
And a` folk bound to sleep,
I think on him that`s far awa
The lee-lang night, and weep, my dear,
The lee-lang night, and weep.
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