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3. in his loof, Quo'
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five and twen - ty
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what - na style, I doubt it's hard - ly
days be - gun, 'Twas then a blast o'
see the proof. This wa - ly boy will
boon them a'; He'll be a ere - dit
score an' line. This chap will dear - ly
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4. till us a' We'll
5. like our kin'. So
be sae nice wi' Eo - bin.,
han - sel in on Eo - bin. I
think we'll ca' him Eo - bin. J For
a' be proud o' Eo - bin.l
leeze me on thee, Ko - bin.J
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• Tills old traditional melody dates probably from as far back as the earlier part of tlie 16tli century; it was used by the Eeformers
as a hymn tune. Oswald lias included it in his CaJcionian Pi'clcet Companion (commenced 1759), vol. iv. It originally consisted of one
strain only, the second being adapted from a v.ariation composed by McGibbon, and published in his Scots Timea, Bk. III., 1755, .as " \^^atson's
Scots' Measure." Burns wrote his song in 1784. It is a description of the incidents .attending his birth. Burns was born on the 2Qth of
January, 1759.