ROBERT BURNS The Address to the Haggis Auld Lang Syne The Bonny Wee Thing Epistle to Dr. Blacklock Farewell Invitation to a Medical Gentleman Is There for Honest Poverty The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata The Master’s Apron Miscellanea Oh, were I on Parnassus' Hill A Red Red Rose Scots Wha Hae With Wallace Bled Such a Parcel of Rogues To a Mouse Three Graces for dinner The Tree of Liberty

The verse of Robert Burns Detail from an unsigned, undated oil painting owned by Ancient Light Lodge No.88 in Delta, British Columbia. You can also download a grayscale version or silhouette. The Bonny Wee Thing. TUNE--"Bonny Wee Thing." I. BONNIE wee thing, cannie wee thing, Lovely wee thing, wert thou mine, I wad wear thee in my bosom, Lest my jewel I should tine. Wishfully I look and languish In that bonnie face o' thine ; And my heart it stounds wi' anguish, Lest my wee thing be na' mine. II. Wit, and grace, and love, and beauty, In ae constellation shine; To adore thee is my duty, Goddess o' this soul o' mine! Bonnie wee thing, cannie wee thing, Lovely wee thing, wert thou mine, I wad wear thee in my bosom, Lest my jewel I should tine. "The 'charming lovely Davies' was the subject of these verses." Wilson Transcribed from The works of Robert Burns : with a Complete life of the poet ; and an Essay on his genius and character / by Professor Wilson. Glasgow : Blackie and Son, 1859. 2 v. in 1 : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. Burns' Songs p. 41.

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