When she Cam' Ben she Bobbed by Robert Burns
A lassie comes ben, kisses Cockpen, and syne denies it; Cockpen leaves a lord's dochter tae kiss a collier lassie. The speaker bids the lassie no look doon, praising her lips, figure, and claes o her ain handiwark, and saying lady Jean was never sae braw.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Ballad, Love Poetry · 208 words
First lines
O when she cam' ben she bobbed fu' law, / O when she cam' ben she bobbed fu' law, / And when she cam' ben, she kiss'd Cockpen, / And syne denied she did it at a'.
And was na Cockpen right saucy witha'? / And was na Cockpen right saucy witha'? / In leaving the daughter of a lord, / And kissin' a collier lassie an' a'!
O never look down, my lassie, at a', / O never look down, my lassie, at a', / Thy lips are as sweet, and thy figure complete, / As the finest dame in castle or ha'.
Tho' thou has nae silk, and holland sae sma', / Tho' thou has nae silk, and holland sae sma', / Thy coat and thy sark are thy ain handiwark, / And lady Jean was never sae braw.
Genres
- Ballad — Repeated lines carry a wee tale o a kiss denied and Cockpen leavin a lord's dochter tae kiss a collier lassie.
- Love Poetry — The speaker praises the lassie's sweet lips and figure, setting her beauty alongside that o dames in castle or ha'.
Tags
courtin · kisses · rank · claes · handiwark
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Ballad, Love Poetry
- Length: 208 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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