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. Their Groves O’ sweet Myrtle
2. The Bonnie Wee Thing
3. As Down the Burn They Took Their Way
4. Stay My Charmer
5. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water

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