Poem by Robert Burns

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WHEN first I came to Stewart Kyle,
  My mind it was na steady;
Where’er I gaed, where’er I rade,
  A mistress still I had aye:
But when I came roun’ by Mauchline town,
  Not dreadin’ ony body,
My heart was caught before I thought,
  And by a Mauchline lady.

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