374. Song—O can ye Labour Lea?

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374. Song—O can ye Labour Lea? by Robert Burns

 Chorus—O can ye labour lea, young man,
 O can ye labour lea?
It fee nor bountith shall us twine
 Gin ye can labour lea.


I FEE’D a man at Michaelmas,
 Wi’ airle pennies three;
But a’ the faut I had to him,
 He could na labour lea,
 O can ye labour lea, &c.


O clappin’s gude in Febarwar,
 An’ kissin’s sweet in May;
But my delight’s the ploughman lad,
 That weel can labour lea,
 O can ye labour lea, &c.


O kissin is the key o’ luve,
 And clappin’ is the lock;
An’ makin’ o’s the best thing yet,
 That e’er a young thing gat.
 O can ye labour lea, &c.

Form: Ballad

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