Charlie, he's my Darling by Robert Burns
Charlie, the young Chevalier, cam tae the toun, saw a bonie lass at a winda, an' went upstairs, whaur she let him in. He set Jenny on his knee; the last verse says folk daur na gang milkin on the mountain or in the glen for Charlie an' his men.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Ballad · 254 words
First lines
'Twas on a Monday morning, / Right early in the year, / That Charlie came to our town, / The young Chevalier.
Chorus-An' Charlie, he's my darling, / My darling, my darling, / Charlie, he's my darling, / The young Chevalier.
As he was walking up the street, / The city for to view, / O there he spied a bonie lass / The window looking through, / An' Charlie, &c.
Sae light's he jumped up the stair, / And tirl'd at the pin; / And wha sae ready as hersel' / To let the laddie in. / An' Charlie, &c.
Genres
- Ballad — Rhymed stanzas tell o Charlie's arrival an' visit tae a lass, wi a chorus repeated through the sang.
Tags
courtin · milkin · Highland claes · sang
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Ballad
- Length: 254 words
- Structure: 1 section, 6 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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