Lovely Polly Stewart – Robert Burns

Chorus

O lovely Polly Stewart,O charming Polly Stewart,There’s ne’er a flower that blooms in May,That’s half so fair as thou art!4

The flower it blaws, it fades, it fa’s,And art can ne’er renew it;But worth and truth, eternal youthWill gie to Polly Stewart,

Chorus

O lovely Polly Stewart,O charming Polly Stewart,There’s ne’er a flower that blooms in May,That’s half so fair as thou art!12

May he whase arms shall fauld thy charmsPossess a leal and true heart!To him be given to ken the heavenHe grasps in Polly Stewart!

Chorus

O lovely Polly Stewart,O charming Polly Stewart,There’s ne’er a flower that blooms in May,That’s half so fair as thou art!20

Footnotes

1. Bacon was the name of a presumably intrusive host. The lines are said to have “afforded much amusement.”—Lang