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. Fairest Maid on Devon Banks
2. The Highland Lassie
3. Weary Fa’ You, Duncan Gray
4. Farewell to Ballochmyle
5. Lines Written under the Picture of Miss Burns

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