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THE SONGS OF BURNS.

THE BLISSFUL DAY.

TUNE—'SEVENTH OF NOVEMBER.'

The day returns, my bosom burns,The blissful day we twa did meet;Tho' winter wild in tempest toil'd,Ne'er summer-sun was half sae sweet.Than a' the pride that loads the tide,And crosses o'er the sultry line;Than kingly robes, than crowns and globes,Heaven gave me more, it made thee mine.
While day and night can bring delight,Or nature aught of pleasure give;While joys above my mind can move,For thee, and thee alone, I live!When that grim foe of life belowComes in between to make us part;The iron hand that breaks our band,It breaks my bliss—it breaks my heart.

THE HAPPY TRIO.

TUNE—'WILLIE BREW'D A PECK O' MAUT.'

O, Willie brew'd a peck o' maut,And Rob and Allan cam to pree;Three blither hearts, that lee-lang night,Ye wad na find in Christendie.
CHORUS.We are na fou, we're no that fou,But just a drappie in our ee;The cock may craw, the day may daw,And aye we'll taste the barley bree.
Here are we met, three merry boys,Three merry boys I trow are we;And monie a night we've merry been,And monie mae we hope to be!We are na fou, &c.
It is the moon, I ken her horn,That's blinkin in the lift sae hie;She shines sae bright to wyle us hame,But by my sooth she'll wait a wee!We are na fou, &c.
Wha first shall rise to gang awa,A cuckold, coward loun is he!Wha first beside his chair shall fa',He is the King amang us three!We are na fou, &c.

JOHN ANDERSON MY JO.

John Anderson my jo, John,When we were first acquent,Your locks were like the raven,Your bonie brow was brent;But now your brow is beld, John,Your locks are like the snaw;But blessings on your frosty pow,John Anderson my jo.
John Anderson my jo, John,We clamb the hill thegither;And monie a canty day, John,We've had wi' ane anither:Now we maun totter down, John,But hand in hand we'll go,And sleep thegither at the foot,John Anderson my jo.
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