A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1789 · Poem

My Eppie Adair


Chorus

An’ O my Eppie, my jewel, my Eppie,Wha wad na be happy wi’ Eppie Adair?
By love, and by beauty, by law, and by duty,I swear to be true to my Eppie Adair!By love, and by beauty, by law, and by duty,I swear to be true to my Eppie Adair!And O my Eppie, &c.
A’ pleasure exile me, dishonour defile me,If e’er I beguile ye, my Eppie Adair!A’ pleasure exile me, dishonour defile me,If e’er I beguile thee, my Eppie Adair!And O my Eppie, &c.
Year
1789
Form
Poem
Location
Ellisland
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns