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title: "O Kenmure’s on and Awa, Willie"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1791"
location: "Ellisland"
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/o-kenmures-on-and-awa-willie/"
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# O Kenmure’s on and Awa, Willie

## Poem
O Kenmure’s on and awa, Willie,  
O Kenmure’s on and awa:  
An’ Kenmure’s lord’s the bravest lord  
That ever Galloway saw.

Success to Kenmure’s band, Willie!  
Success to Kenmure’s band!  
There’s no a heart that fears a Whig,  
That rides by kenmure’s hand.

Here’s Kenmure’s health in wine, Willie!  
Here’s Kenmure’s health in wine!  
There’s ne’er a coward o’ Kenmure’s blude,  
Nor yet o’ Gordon’s line.

O Kenmure’s lads are men, Willie,  
O Kenmure’s lads are men;  
Their hearts and swords are metal true,  
And that their foes shall ken.

They’ll live or die wi’ fame, Willie;  
They’ll live or die wi’ fame;  
But sune, wi’ sounding victorie,  
May Kenmure’s lord come hame!

Here’s him that’s far awa, Willie!  
Here’s him that’s far awa!  
And here’s the flower that I loe best,  
The rose that’s like the snaw.

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