A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1789 · Poem

Awa’ Whigs, Awa’


Chorus

Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Ye’re but a pack o’ traitor louns,Ye’ll do nae gude at a’.4
Our thrissles flourish’d fresh and fair,And bonie bloom’d our roses;But Whigs cam’ like a frost in June,An’ wither’d a’ our posies.8

Chorus

Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Ye’re but a pack o’ traitor louns,Ye’ll do nae gude at a’.12
Our ancient crown’s fa’en in the dust—Deil blin’ them wi’ the stoure o’t!An’ write their names in his black beuk,Wha gae the Whigs the power o’t.16

Chorus

Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Ye’re but a pack o’ traitor louns,Ye’ll do nae gude at a’.20
Our sad decay in church and stateSurpasses my descriving:The Whigs cam’ o’er us for a curse,An’ we hae done wi’ thriving.24

Chorus

Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Ye’re but a pack o’ traitor louns,Ye’ll do nae gude at a’.28
Grim vengeance lang has taen a nap,But we may see him wauken:Gude help the day when royal headsAre hunted like a maukin!32

Chorus

Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Awa’ Whigs, awa’!Ye’re but a pack o’ traitor louns,Ye’ll do nae gude at a’.36
Year
1789
Form
Poem
Location
Ellisland
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns