by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
O lovely Polly Stewart
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Language: Scottish (Scots)
Our translations: FRE
Chorus
O lovely Polly Stewart,
O charming Polly Stewart,
There's not a flower that blooms in May,
That's half so fair as thou art.
The flower it blaws, it fades and fa's,
And art can ne'er renew it ;
But Worth and Truth eternal Youth
Will give to Polly Stewart!
May he whase arms shall fauld thy charms
Possess a leal a true heart !
To him be given to ken the heav'n
He grasps in Polly Stewart !
Chorus
O lovely Polly Stewart,
O charming Polly Stewart.
There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May
That's half so sweet as thou art.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 259.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Lovely Polly Stewart" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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