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Robert Burns (1759–96)

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A

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever
Anna, thy charms my bosom fire

B

But lately seen in gladsome green

C

Comin thro’ the rye, poor body

D

Duncan Gray cam here to woo

F

Flow gently, sweet Afton! among thy green braes

H

Husband, husband, cease your strife

I

I hae a wife o’ my ain
I married with a scolding wife
Is there for honest Poverty

J

John Anderson my jo, John

L

Lassie wi’ the lint-white locks

M

My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here

N

Now Nature hangs her mantle green

O

O lassie, art thou sleeping yet
O luve will venture in
O my Luve ’s like a red, red rose
O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
O Thou Great Being! what Thou art
O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause
O Thou, who in the heavens does dwell
O wert thou in the cauld blast
O wilt thou go wi’ me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
Of a’ the airts the wind can blaw
On a bank of flowers, in a summer day

P

Powers celestial! whose protection

S

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
Simmer’s a pleasant time

T

There lived a carl in Kellyburn Braes
There were three kings into the east
Thou lingering star, with less’ning ray

W

Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow’r
Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie
Wha is that at my bower-door?
What can a young lassie, what shall a young lassie
When chill November’s surly blast
When lyart leaves bestrow the yird
When wild war’s deadly blast was blawn

Y

Ye gallants bright, I red ye right