Air—“Carron Side.”
[Burns says, “I added the four last lines, by way of giving a turn to the theme of the poem, such as it is.” The rest of the song is supposed to be from the same hand: the lines are not to be found in earlier collections.]
I.
Frae the friends and land I love,
Driv’n by fortune’s felly spite,
Frae my best belov’d I rove,
Never mair to taste delight;
Never mair maun hope to find,
Ease frae toil, relief frae care:
When remembrance wracks the mind,
Pleasures but unveil despair.
II.
Brightest climes shall mirk appear,
Desert ilka blooming shore,
Till the Fates, nae mair severe,
Friendship, love, and peace restore;
Till Revenge, wi’ laurell’d head,
Bring our banish’d hame again;
And ilka loyal bonnie lad
Cross the seas and win his ain.
XCV.
SWEET CLOSES THE EVENING.
Tune—“Craigie-burn-wood.”