Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 322. Song—The Bonie Wee Thing |
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| Chorus.—Bonie wee thing, cannie wee thing, | |
| Lovely wee thing, wert thou mine, | |
| I wad wear thee in my bosom, | |
| Lest my jewel it should tine. | |
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| WISHFULLY I look and languish | 5 |
| In that bonie face o’ thine, | |
| And my heart it stounds wi’ anguish, | |
| Lest my wee thing be na mine. | |
| Bonie wee thing, &c. | |
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| Wit, and Grace, and Love, and Beauty, | 10 |
| In ae constellation shine; | |
| To adore thee is my duty, | |
| Goddess o’ this soul o’ mine! | |
| Bonie wee thing, &c. | |
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