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title: "Down the Burn, Davie"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1793"
location: "Dumfries"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/down-the-burn-davie/"
---

# Down the Burn, Davie

## Poem
As down the burn they took their way,  
And thro’ the flowery dale;  
His cheek to hers he aft did lay,  
And love was aye the tale:

With “Mary, when shall we return,  
Sic pleasure to renew?”  
Quoth Mary—“Love, I like the burn,  
And aye shall follow you.”

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/down-the-burn-davie/