Nature

Kind Robin Lo'es Me

by Carolina Nairne 1766–1845

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, vol. 1 (1855–57)

Nature

Robin is my ain gudeman,
Now match him, carlins, gin ye can,
For ilk ane whitest thinks her swan,
But kind Robin lo'es me.
To mak my boast I 'll e'en be bauld,
For Robin lo'ed me young and auld,
In summer's heat and winter's cauld,
My kind Robin lo'es me.

Robin he comes hame at e'en
Wi' pleasure glancin' in his e'en;
He tells me a' he 's heard and seen,
And syne how he lo'es me.
There 's some hae land, and some hae gowd,
Mair wad hae them gin they could,
But a' I wish o' warld's guid,
Is Robin still to lo'e me.

MLA

Nairne, Carolina. “Kind Robin Lo'es Me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nairn/10/.

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Nairne, Carolina. “Kind Robin Lo'es Me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nairn/10/.

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