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Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns: Part IL

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Burns, Robert

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Part IL

Had I The Wyte? She Bade Me

Had I the wyte, had I the wyte, Had I the wyte? she bade me; She watch'd me by the hie-gate side, And up the loan she shaw'd me. And when I wadna venture in, A coward loon she ca'd me: Had Kirk an' State been in the gate, I'd lighted when she bade me.

Sae craftilie she took me ben, And bade me mak nae clatter; "For our ramgunshoch, glum gudeman Is o'er ayont the water."

Whae'er shall say I wanted grace, When I did kiss and dawte her, Let him be planted in my place, Syne say, I was the fautor.

Could I for shame, could I for shame, ...

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