Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 402. Song—Meg o’ the Mill (Another Version) |
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| O KEN ye what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten, | |
| An’ ken ye what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten? | |
| A braw new naig wi’ the tail o’ a rottan, | |
| And that’s what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten. | |
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| O ken ye what Meg o’ the Mill lo’es dearly, | 5 |
| An’ ken ye what Meg o’ the Mill lo’es dearly? | |
| A dram o’ gude strunt in the morning early, | |
| And that’s what Meg o’ the Mill lo’es dearly. | |
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| O ken ye how Meg o’ the Mill was married, | |
| An’ ken ye how Meg o’ the Mill was married? | 10 |
| The priest he was oxter’d, the clark he was carried, | |
| And that’s how Meg o’ the Mill was married. | |
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| O ken ye how Meg o’ the Mill was bedded, | |
| An’ ken ye how Meg o’ the Mill was bedded? | |
| The groom gat sae fou’, he fell awald beside it, | 15 |
| And that’s how Meg o’ the Mill was bedded. | |
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