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1785 · Song

Tho’ Cruel Fate Should Bid Us Part


Tune ·  The Northern Lass

Tho’ cruel fate should bid us part,Far as the pole and line,Her dear idea round my heart,Should tenderly entwine.Tho’ mountains, rise, and deserts howl,And oceans roar between;Yet, dearer than my deathless soul,I still would love my Jean.. . . . . . .
Year
1785
Form
Song
Location
Mossgiel
Tune
The Northern Lass
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns