277. Song—My Eppie Adair

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277. Song—My Eppie Adair by Robert Burns

 Chorus.—An’ O my Eppie, my jewel, my Eppie,
 Wha wad na be happy wi’ Eppie Adair?


BY love, and by beauty, by law, and by duty,
I swear to be true to my Eppie Adair!
By love, and by beauty, by law, and by duty,
I swear to be true to my Eppie Adair!
 And O my Eppie, &c.


A’ pleasure exile me, dishonour defile me,
If e’er I beguile ye, my Eppie Adair!
A’ pleasure exile me, dishonour defile me,
If e’er I beguile thee, my Eppie Adair!
 And O my Eppie, &c.

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