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TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
No. 51. Adown winding Nith I did wander.
Tune : The rmtckin o' Geordys byre. Orpheus Caledonius, 1725, No. 33.
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Adown winding Nith I did wander
To mark the sweet flowers as they spring ;
Adown winding Nith I did wander
Of Phillis to muse and to sing.
Chorus. Awa wV your belles and your beauties-
They never wi' her can compare!
Whoever hae met wV my Phillis,
Has m.et wi' the queen o' the Fair.
The daisy amus'd my fond fancy,
So artless, so simple, so wild :
'Thou emblem,' said I, ' o' my Phillis' —
For she is Simplicity's child.