A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1793 · Song

Had I a Cave


Tune ·  Robin Adair

Had I a cave on some wild distant shore,Where the winds howl to the wave’s dashing roar:There would I weep my woes,There seek my lost repose,Till grief my eyes should close,Ne’er to wake more!
Falsest of womankind, can’st thou declareAll thy fond, plighted vows fleeting as air!To thy new lover hie,Laugh o’er thy perjury;Then in thy bosom tryWhat peace is there!
Year
1793
Form
Song
Location
Dumfries
Tune
Robin Adair
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns