Robert Burns by George Scott Wilkie

Author:George Scott Wilkie
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781906476991
Publisher: Neil Wilson Publishing
Published: 2012-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

WHERE HELEN LIES

O that I were where Helen lies,

Night and day on me she cries;

O that I were where Helen lies

In fair Kirkconnel lee. –

O Helen fair beyond compare,

A ringlet of thy flowing hair,

I’ll wear it still for ever mair

Until the day I die.

Curs’d be the hand that shot the shot,

And curs’d the gun that gave the crack!

Into my arms bird Helen lap,

And died for sake o’ me!

O think no ye my heart was sair;

My Love fell down and spake nae mair;

There did she swoon wi’ meikle care

On fair Kirkconnel lee.

I lighted down, my sword did draw,

I cutted him in pieces sma’;

I cutted him in pieces sma’

On fair Kirconnel lee.

O Helen chaste, thou were modest,

If I were with thee I were blest

Where thou lies low and takes thy rest

On fair Kirkconnel lee.

I wish my grave was growing green,

A winding sheet put o’er my e’en,

And I in Helen’s arms lying

In fair Kirkconnel lee!

I wish I were where Helen lies!

Night and day on me she cries;

O that I were where Helen lies

On fair Kirkconnel lee.

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