Robert Burns: Collected Lyrics
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Come, let me take thee

Robert Burns

“Come, let me take thee” as printed in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887).

Robert Burns: Collected Lyrics Text 132 1887 · historical text
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This text comes from The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, 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.

Verse 2

Thus in my arms, wi' all 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, sae bonie 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 Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887), “Come, let me take thee”

Every text in this 1887 collected edition is by Robert Burns (1759-1796), who died more than 230 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide; the edition carries a Wikisource PD-old determination and a pre-1931 United States publication.

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