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title: "Thou Hast Left Me Ever, Jamie"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Song"
year: "1793"
tune: "Fee him, father, fee him"
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/thou-hast-left-me-ever-jamie/"
---

# Thou Hast Left Me Ever, Jamie

## Song
Thou hast left me ever, Jamie,  
Thou hast left me ever;  
Thou has left me ever, Jamie,  
Thou hast left me ever:  
Aften hast thou vow’d that Death  
Only should us sever;  
Now thou’st left thy lass for aye—  
I maun see thee never, Jamie,  
I’ll see thee never.

Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie,  
Thou hast me forsaken;  
Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie,  
Thou hast me forsaken;  
Thou canst love another jo,  
While my heart is breaking;  
Soon my weary een I’ll close,  
Never mair to waken, Jamie,  
Never mair to waken!

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/thou-hast-left-me-ever-jamie/