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title: "I’ll Aye Ca’ in by Yon Town"
subtitle: "Air—“I’ll gang nae mair to yon toun.”"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1795"
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/ill-aye-ca-in-by-yon-town/"
---

# I’ll Aye Ca’ in by Yon Town

### Air—“I’ll gang nae mair to yon toun.”

## Poem
*Chorus*  
I’ll aye ca’ in by yon town,  
And by yon garden-green again;  
I’ll aye ca’ in by yon town,  
And see my bonie Jean again.

There’s nane sall ken, there’s nane can guess  
What brings me back the gate again,  
But she, my fairest faithfu’ lass,  
And stownlins we sall meet again.

*Chorus*  
I’ll aye ca’ in by yon town,  
And by yon garden-green again;  
I’ll aye ca’ in by yon town,  
And see my bonie Jean again.

She’ll wander by the aiken tree,  
When trystin time draws near again;  
And when her lovely form I see,  
O haith! she’s doubly dear again.

*Chorus*  
I’ll aye ca’ in by yon town,  
And by yon garden-green again;  
I’ll aye ca’ in by yon town,  
And see my bonie Jean again.

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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/ill-aye-ca-in-by-yon-town/