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title: "Fragment of Song"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1786"
location: "Mossgiel"
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/fragment-of-song/"
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# Fragment of Song

## Poem
The night was still, and o’er the hill  
The moon shone on the castle wa’;  
The mavis sang, while dew-drops hang  
Around her on the castle wa’;  
Sae merrily they danced the ring  
Frae eenin’ till the cock did craw;  
And aye the o’erword o’ the spring  
Was “Irvine’s bairns are bonie a’.”

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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/fragment-of-song/