Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 345. Song—Frae the friends and land I love |
| | | | | Tune—“Carron Side.” |
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| FRAE the friends and land I love, | |
| Driv’n by Fortune’s felly spite; | |
| Frae my best belov’d I rove, | |
| Never mair to taste delight: | |
| Never mair maun hope to find | 5 |
| Ease frae toil, relief frae care; | |
| When Remembrance wracks the mind, | |
| Pleasures but unveil despair. | |
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| Brightest climes shall mirk appear, | |
| Desert ilka blooming shore, | 10 |
| Till the Fates, nae mair severe, | |
| Friendship, love, and peace restore, | |
| Till Revenge, wi’ laurel’d head, | |
| Bring our banished hame again; | |
| And ilk loyal, bonie lad | 15 |
| Cross the seas, and win his ain. | |
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