ROBERT BURNS.
9. The Silver Tassie.
I. Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine,And fill it in a silver tassie,That I may drink before I goA service to my bonie lassie!The boat rocks at the pier o' Leith,Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry,The ship rides by the Berwick-Law,And I maun leave my bonie Mary.
II.
The trumpets sound, the banners fly,The glittering spears are rankèd ready,The shouts o' war are heard afar,The battle closes deep and bloody.It's not the roar o' sea or shoreWad mak me langer wish to tarry,Nor shouts o' war that's heard afar:It's leaving thee, my bonie Mary!
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Robert Burns, also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National
Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet and various other names
and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as
the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide.
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