My Collier Laddie by Robert Burns
Mistress Jean says she winna leave her collier laddie for land, braw claes or servants. She wad raither win her bread an' bide wi' him in a wee cot-house, wi' love for love.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Love Poetry, Lyric Poetry · 343 words
First lines
"Whare live ye, my bonie lass? / And tell me what they ca' ye; " / "My name," she says, "is mistress Jean, / And I follow the Collier laddie. " / "My name, she says, &c.
"See you not yon hills and dales / The sun shines on sae brawlie; / They a' are mine, and they shall be thine, / Gin ye'll leave your Collier laddie. " / "They a' are mine, &c.
Genres
- Love Poetry — Jean hauds tae her collier laddie an' chooses love for love abune land, braw claes an' servants.
- Lyric Poetry — The six short stanzas hae rhymes an' repeated lines that aye come back tae the collier laddie.
Tags
love · colliers · siller · faithfu love · winnin bread
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Love Poetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 343 words
- Structure: 1 section, 6 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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