“Gin a body meets a body Comin' through the rye. Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry?”
James Drummond Burns“She is a winsome wee thing She is a handsome wee thing She is a bonny wee thing This sweet wee wife o' mine.”
James Drummond Burns“Some hae meat and canna eat And some wad eat that want it But we hae meat and we can eat And sae the Lord be thankit.”
James Drummond Burns“Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.”
James Drummond Burns“In durance vile here must I wake and weep And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.”
James Drummond Burns“Oh my luve's like a red red rose That's newly sprung in June Oh my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune.”
James Drummond Burns