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title: "Meg o’ the Mill"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1793"
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/meg-o-the-mill/"
---

# Meg o’ the Mill

## Poem
O ken ye what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten,  
An’ ken ye what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten?  
She gotten a coof wi’ a claut o’ siller,  
And broken the heart o’ the barley Miller.

The Miller was strappin, the Miller was ruddy;  
A heart like a lord, and a hue like a lady;  
The laird was a widdifu’, bleerit knurl;  
She’s left the gude fellow, and taen the churl.

The Miller he hecht her a heart leal and loving,  
The lair did address her wi’ matter mair moving,  
A fine pacing-horse wi’ a clear chained bridle,  
A whip by her side, and a bonie side-saddle.

O wae on the siller, it is sae prevailin’,  
And wae on the love that is fixed on a mailen!  
A tocher’s nae word in a true lover’s parle,  
But gie me my love, and a fig for the warl’!

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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/meg-o-the-mill/