Robert Burns

Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.

Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.

Now blooms the lily by the bank,
The primrose down the brae;
The hawthorn's budding in the read more

Now blooms the lily by the bank,
The primrose down the brae;
The hawthorn's budding in the glen,
The milkwhite is the slae.

John Barleycorn was a hero bold,
Of noble enterprise,
For if you do but taste his blood,
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John Barleycorn was a hero bold,
Of noble enterprise,
For if you do but taste his blood,
'Twill make your courage rise,
Twill make a man forget his wo;
'Twill heighten all his joy.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

And like a passing thought, she fled
In light away.

And like a passing thought, she fled
In light away.