Living
Impromptu—“I’ll Go And Be A Sodger”
From Poems and Songs, 1782
Living
O why the deuce should I repine,
And be an ill foreboder?
I’m twenty-three, and five feet nine,
I’ll go and be a sodger!
I gat some gear wi’ mickle care,
I held it weel thegither;
But now it’s gane, and something mair—
I’ll go and be a sodger!
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “Impromptu—“I’ll Go And Be A Sodger”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/29/.
Chicago
Burns, Robert. “Impromptu—“I’ll Go And Be A Sodger”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/29/.
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