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TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
No. 64. When fii^st I came to Stewart Kyle.
Tune : I had a horse, andl had nae tnair, Scots Mus. Museum, 1788, No. 185.
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heart was caught, be - fore I thought, And by a Mauch-Iine la - dy.
When first I came to Stewart Kyle
My mind it was na steady ;
Where'er I gaed, where'er I rade,
A mistress still I had ay ;
But when I came roun' by Mauchline toun,
Not dreadin any body,
My heart was caught, before I thought.
And by a Mauchline lady.
No. 65. In Mauchline there dwells six proper
young belles.
Tune : Bonie Dundee.
In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles,
The pride of the place and its neighbourhood a',
Their carriage and dress, a stranger would guess,
In Lon'on or Paris they'd gotten it a'.
Miss Miller is fine, Miss Markland 's divine,
Miss Smith she has wit, and Miss Betty is braw ;
There's beauty and fortune to get wi' Miss Morton,
But Armour's the jewel for me o' them a'.