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title: "O Lay Thy Loof in Mine, Lass"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1796"
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/o-lay-thy-loof-in-mine-lass/"
---

# O Lay Thy Loof in Mine, Lass

## Poem
*Chorus*  
O lay thy loof in mine, lass,  
In mine, lass, in mine, lass;  
And swear on thy white hand, lass,  
That thou wilt be my ain.

A slave to Love’s unbounded sway,  
He aft has wrought me meikle wae;  
But now he is my deadly fae,  
Unless thou be my ain.

*Chorus*  
O lay thy loof in mine, lass,  
In mine, lass, in mine, lass;  
And swear on thy white hand, lass,  
That thou wilt be my ain.

There’s mony a lass has broke my rest,  
That for a blink I hae lo’ed best;  
But thou art Queen within my breast,  
For ever to remain.

*Chorus*  
O lay thy loof in mine, lass,  
In mine, lass, in mine, lass;  
And swear on thy white hand, lass,  
That thou wilt be my ain.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
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