Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake
Robert Burns (17591796)The Happy Trio
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And Rob and Allan cam to see;
Three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night,
Ye wad na found in Christendie.
But just a drappie in our ee;
The cock may craw, the day may daw,
And ay we ’ll taste the barley bree.
Three merry boys, I trow, are we;
And mony a night we ’ve merry been,
And mony mae we hope to be!
We are na fou, &c.
That ’s blinkin in the lift sae hie;
She shines sae bright to wyle us hame,
But by my sooth she ’ll wait a wee!
We are na fou, &c.
A cuckold, coward loun is he!
Wha first beside his chair shall fa’,
He is the King among us three!
We are na fou, &c.