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/ O! can'le licht's baith braw and bricht / At e'en when bars are drawn, / But can'le licht's a dowie sicht / When dwinin' i' the dawn. / Yet dawn can bring nae wearier day / Than I hae dree'd yestre'en, / An' comin' day may licht my way- / Daylicht has mony een.
Noo, daylicht's fairly creepin' in, / I hear the auld cock craw; / Fu' aft I've banned him for his din, / An' wauk'nin' o' us a'! / But welcome noo's his lichtsome cry / Sin' bed-fast I ha'e been, / It tells anither nicht's gane by- / Daylicht has mony een.
O! bed-fast men are weary men, / Laid by frae a' their wark; / Hoo thocht can kill ye ne'er will ken / Till tholin' 't in the dark. / But ere nicht fa's I'll maybe see / What yet I hinna seen, / A land whaur mirk can never be- / Daylicht has mony een.