by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Wilt thou be my dearie?
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Language: Scottish (Scots)
Our translations: FRE
Wilt thou be my dearie? When sorrow wrings thy gentle heart, O wilt thou let me chear thee? By the treasure of my soul — That's the love I bear thee — I swear and vow that only thou Shall ever be my dearie ! Only thou, I swear and vow, Shall ever be my dearie ! Lassie, say thou lo'es me, Or if thou wilt na be my ain, Sayna thou'lt refuse me ! If it winna, canna be, Thou for thine may choose me, Let me, lassie, quickly die, Trusting that thou lo'es me ! Lassie, let me quickly die, Trusting that thou lo'es me!
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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. Note: Foote's score spells "chear" as "cheer" in line 3.
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- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Wilt thou be my dearie?" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Word count: 105