Love
Willie Brew’d A Peck O’ Maut
From Poems and Songs, 1789
O Willie brew’d a peck o’ maut,
And Rob and Allen cam to see;
Three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night,
Ye wadna found in Christendie.
Chorus.—We are na fou, we’re nae that fou,
But just a drappie in our ee;
The cock may craw, the day may daw
And aye we’ll taste the barley bree.
Here are we met, three merry boys,
Three merry boys I trow are we;
And mony a night we’ve merry been,
And mony mae we hope to be!
We are na fou, &c.
It is the moon, I ken her horn,
That’s blinkin’ in the lift sae hie;
She shines sae bright to wyle us hame,
But, by my sooth, she’ll wait a wee!
We are na fou, &c.
Wha first shall rise to gang awa,
A cuckold, coward loun is he!
Wha first beside his chair shall fa’,
He is the King amang us three.
We are na fou, &c.
Cite this poem
MLA
Burns, Robert. “Willie Brew’d A Peck O’ Maut.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/281/.
Chicago
Burns, Robert. “Willie Brew’d A Peck O’ Maut.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/281/.
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