Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
430 . SongDainty Davie
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To deck her gay, green-spreading bowers;
And now comes in the happy hours,
To wander wi’ my Davie.
Dainty Davie, Dainty Davie; There I’ll spend the day wi’ you, My ain dear Dainty Davie. The merry birds are lovers a’, The scented breezes round us blaw, A wandering wi’ my Davie. Meet me on, &c. To steal upon her early fare, Then thro’ the dews I will repair, To meet my faithfu’ Davie. Meet me on, &c. The curtain draws o’ Nature’s rest, I flee to his arms I loe’ the best, And that’s my ain dear Davie. Meet me on, &c.