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1. There was a lass, and she was fair, At
2. But hawks will rob the ten - der joys That
3. He gaed wi' Jean - ie to the tryste. He
4. The sun was sink-ing in the west, The
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2. bless the lit - tie lint- white's nest ; And frost will blight the fair- estflow'rs,And love will break the
3. dano'dwi' Jean-ie on thedown;And lang e'er wit - less Jean - ie wist. Her heart was tint, her
4. birds sang sweet in il - ka grove ; His cheek to hers he fond - ly press'd, And whis-per'd thus his
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2. sound - est rest. Young Rob - bie was the braw-est lad, The flow'rand pride o' a' the glen; And
3. peace wasstown.As in the bo - som o' the stream Themoonbeamdwellsat dew - y e'en; So
4. tale o' lo'e : " Jean - ie fair, I lo'e thee dear ; O canst thou think to fan - cy me ? Or
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1. blith-estbird up-on the bush Had ne'er a hght-er heart than she.
2. he had owsen,sheep,and kye. And wan-ton nai-gies nine or ten.
3. trembling.pure, was tender love With- in the breast o' bon -nie Jean.
4. wilt thou leave thy mammie's cot. And learn to tent the farms wi' me?"
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* George Thomson adapted these verses to the tune, " WiUie was a wanton w.og," and inserted them in his Collection. Burns wrote the
verses in 1793. The heroine of the song was Miss Jane HIcMurdo, daughter ol John McMurdo, Esq., Chamberlain to the Duke of Queensberry.
The air, " Willie was a wanton wag," was first published in the second edition of Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius, 1733, vol. ii., p. 60.