221. Song—The Bonie Lad that's Far Awa

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221. Song—The Bonie Lad that's Far Awa by Robert Burns

 O HOW can I be blythe and glad,
 Or how can I gang brisk and braw,
When the bonie lad that I lo’e best
 Is o’er the hills and far awa!


It’s no the frosty winter wind,
 It’s no the driving drift and snaw;
But aye the tear comes in my e’e,
 To think on him that’s far awa.


My father pat me frae his door,
 My friends they hae disown’d me a’;
But I hae ane will tak my part,
 The bonie lad that’s far awa.


A pair o’ glooves he bought to me,
 And silken snoods he gae me twa;
And I will wear them for his sake,
 The bonie lad that’s far awa.


O weary Winter soon will pass,
 And Spring will cleed the birken shaw;
And my young babie will be born,
 And he’ll be hame that’s far awa.

Form: Ballad

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