My Love's a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonnie wee thing,
She has promis'd right soon to be mine.
I never saw a fairer,
I never lo'ed a dearer,
And neist my heart I'll wear her,
For fear my jewel tine.

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Glossary:
Winsome = desirable
Neist = next
Tine = will be lost

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It is based on

• a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My wife's a winsome wee thing"
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

• by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "My Love's a winsome wee thing", Hob. XXXIa:268, JHW XXXII/4 no. 277..
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