Poem by Robert Burns

On a Country Laird

Bless Jesus Christ, O Cardoness,
  	With grateful lifted eyes,
Who said that not the soul alone,
  	But body too, shall rise:
For had he said ‘The soul alone
  	From death I will deliver,’
Alas, alas!  O Cardoness,
  	Then hadst thou lain for ever!

1. The Cardin’ O’t
2. The Day Returns
3. O Bonnie Was Yon Rosy Brier
4. Sweet Fa’s the Eve
5. Theniel Menzies’ Bonnie Mary

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