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TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
No. 1 76. There was a /ass, they cad hei'- Meg.
Tune : Ye' II ay be welcome hack again. Bremner's Scots Reels, 1759, p. 56.
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There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg,
And she held o'er the moors to spin ;
There was a lad that follow'd her,
They ca'd him Duncan Davison.
The moor was dreigh, and Meg was skeigh,
Her favour Duncan couldna win ;
For wi' the rock she wad him knock,
And ay she shook the temper-pin.
■ As o'er the moor they lightly foor,
A burn was clear, a glen was green ;
Upon the banks they eas'd their shanks,
And ay she set the wheel between :
But Duncan swoor a haly aith,
That Meg should be a bride the morn ;
Then Meg took up her spinnin graith,
And flang them a' out o'er the burn.
We will big a wee, wee house,
And we will live like king and queen,
Sae blythe and merry 's we will be,
When ye set by the wheel at e'en !
A man may drink, and no be drunk ;
A man may fight, and no be slain ;
A man may kiss a bonie lass.
And ay be welcome back again !