Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 211. Song—My Hoggie |
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| WHAT will I do gin my Hoggie die? | |
| My joy, my pride, my Hoggie! | |
| My only beast, I had nae mae, | |
| And vow but I was vogie! | |
| The lee-lang night we watch’d the fauld, | 5 |
| Me and my faithfu’ doggie; | |
| We heard nocht but the roaring linn, | |
| Amang the braes sae scroggie. | |
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| But the houlet cry’d frau the castle wa’, | |
| The blitter frae the boggie; | 10 |
| The tod reply’d upon the hill, | |
| I trembled for my Hoggie. | |
| When day did daw, and cocks did craw, | |
| The morning it was foggie; | |
| An unco tyke, lap o’er the dyke, | 15 |
| And maist has kill’d my Hoggie! | |
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