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Elegy on the Death of Peg Nicholson

“Elegy on the Death of Peg Nicholson” as printed in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887).

Robert Burns: Collected Lyrics Text 143 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

Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare,

As ever trode on airn;

But now she's floating down the Nith,

An' past the mouth o' Cairn.

Verse 2

Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare,

An' rode thro' thick an' thin;

But now she's floating down the Nith,

An' wanting even the skin.

Verse 3

Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare,

An' ance she bare a priest;

But now she's floating down the Nith,

For Solway fish a feast.

Verse 4

Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare,

An' the priest he rode her sair;

An' meikle oppress'd an' bruised she was,

As priest-rid cattle are.

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