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Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

401 . Song—Meg o’ the Mill

O KEN ye what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten,

An’ ken ye what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten?

She gotten a coof wi’ a claut o’ siller,

And broken the heart o’ the barley Miller.

The Miller was strappin, the Miller was ruddy;

A heart like a lord, and a hue like a lady;

The laird was a widdifu’, bleerit knurl;

She’s left the gude fellow, and taen the churl.

The Miller he hecht her a heart leal and loving,

The lair did address her wi’ matter mair moving,

A fine pacing-horse wi’ a clear chained bridle,

A whip by her side, and a bonie side-saddle.

O wae on the siller, it is sae prevailin’,

And wae on the love that is fixed on a mailen!

A tocher’s nae word in a true lover’s parle,

But gie me my love, and a fig for the warl’!