Poem by Robert Burns

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WHAN I sleep I dream,
  Whan I wauk I’m eerie,
Sleep I canna get,
  For thinkin’ o’ my dearie.

Lanely night comes on,
  A’ the house are sleeping;
I think on the bonnie lad
  That has my heart a keeping.

Lanely night comes on,
  A’ the house are sleeping,
I think on my bonnie lad,
  An’ I bleer my een wi’ greetin’!
    Aye waukin O, waukin aye and wearie,
    Sleep I canna get for thhildn’ o’ my dearie.

1. Canst Thou Leave Me Thus?
2. Address to General Dumourier
3. O Wha is She that Lo’es Me?
4. As Down the Burn They Took Their Way
5. The Cardin’ O’t

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