A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1795 · Poem

The Wren’s Nest


The Robin to the Wren’s nestCam keekin’ in, cam keekin’ in;O weel’s me on your auld pow,Wad ye be in, wad ye be in?Thou’s ne’er get leave to lie without,And I within, and I within,Sae lang’s I hae an auld cloutTo rowe ye in, to rowe ye in.
Year
1795
Form
Poem
Location
Dumfries
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns