Robert Burns


                A Red, Red Rose

O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
        That's newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
        That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
        So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my Dear,
        Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,
        And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
I will luve thee still my Dear,
        While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve,
        And fare-the-weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
        Tho' 'tware ten thousand mile!

O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
        That's newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
        That's sweetly play'd in tune.

1794