A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1794 · Poem

For the Sake o’ Somebody


My heart is sair—I dare na tell,My heart is sair for Somebody;I could wake a winter nightFor the sake o’ Somebody.O-hon! for Somebody!O-hey! for Somebody!I could range the world around,For the sake o’ Somebody.
Ye Powers that smile on virtuous love,O, sweetly smile on Somebody!Frae ilka danger keep him free,And send me safe my Somebody!O-hon! for Somebody!O-hey! for Somebody!I wad do—what wad I not?For the sake o’ Somebody.
Year
1794
Form
Poem
Location
Dumfries
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns