215. Song—Hey the Dusty Miller

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215. Song—Hey the Dusty Miller by Robert Burns

 HEY, the dusty Miller,
 And his dusty coat,
He will win a shilling,
 Or he spend a groat:
Dusty was the coat,
 Dusty was the colour,
Dusty was the kiss
 That I gat frae the Miller.


Hey, the dusty Miller,
 And his dusty sack;
Leeze me on the calling
 Fills the dusty peck:
Fills the dusty peck,
 Brings the dusty siller;
I wad gie my coatie
 For the dusty Miller.

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