Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 522. Song—The Cardin o’t, the Spinning o’t |
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| I COFT a stane o’ haslock woo’, | |
| To mak a wab to Johnie o’t; | |
| For Johnie is my only jo, | |
| I loe him best of onie yet. | |
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| Chorus.—The cardin’ o’t, the spinnin’ o’t, | 5 |
| The warpin’ o’t, the winnin’ o’t; | |
| When ilka ell cost me a groat, | |
| The tailor staw the lynin’ o’t. | |
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| For tho’ his locks be lyart grey, | |
| And tho’ his brow be beld aboon, | 10 |
| Yet I hae seen him on a day, | |
| The pride of a’ the parishen. | |
| The cardin o’t, &c. | |
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