Robert Burns: Collected Lyrics
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Come, let me take

Robert Burns

“Come, let me take” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Robert Burns: Collected Lyrics Text 27 1843 · historical text
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This text comes from The Book of Scottish Song, edited by Alexander Whitelaw, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Come, let me take thee to my breast,

And pledge we ne'er shall sunder;

And I shall spurn, as vilest dust,

The warld's wealth and grandeur:

And do I hear my Jeanie own,

That equal transports move her?

I ask for dearest life alone

That I may live to love her.

Thus in my arms, wi' a' thy charms,

I clasp my countless treasure;

I'll seek nae mair o' heaven to share,

Than sic a moment's pleasure:

And, by thy een sac bonnie blue,

I swear I'm thine for ever!

And on thy lips I seal my vow,

And break it shall I never.

Credits

Written by Robert Burns

Words by Robert Burns. Historical text published in The Book of Scottish Song (1843); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw, “Come, let me take”

Every contribution in this 1843 anthology predates modern copyright terms by more than a century; any contributor died at least 130 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide (life+70 terms expired no later than 2020).

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