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®, love will venture in.
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will ven-ture in where wisdom ance has been ; But
will pu' the pink, the em-blem o' my dear ; For
a baul-my kiss o' •■ her sweet bonnie mou' ; The
her love - ly bo-som, I'll place the li - ly there ; The
an a - ged man, it stands at break o' day ; The
it in her breast, and I'll swear by a' a-bove. That
I will down yon riv - er rove,
she's the pink o' wo-man-kind,
hy - a-cinth's for con-stan - cy,
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2. blooms with-out a peer; An' a' to be a
3. it's un-chang-ing blue, An' a' to be a
4. un - af - feet - ed air. An' a' to be a
5. win - na take a - way ; An' a' to be a
6. band shall ne'er re- move: An' a' to be a
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to my
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dear May.
dear May.
dear May.
dear May.
dear May.
dear May.
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* The verses were composed by Burns in 1192. In a letter to George Thomson, Oct. 19, 1794, the Poet says, " The air w.is taken down
from Mrs. Burns' voice. It is welLknown iu the West country, but the old words are trash." The old verses are published In Cromck's
Stliques of Bobert Burns, 1808.
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