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Tune-"Rory Dall's Port."
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; / Ae fareweel, alas, for ever! / Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, / Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. / Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, / While the star of hope she leaves him? / Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me; / Dark despair around benights me.
I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, / Naething could resist my Nancy: / But to see her was to love her; / Love but her, and love for ever. / Had we never lov'd sae kindly, / Had we never lov'd sae blindly, / Never met-or never parted, / We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Fare-thee-weel, thou first and fairest! / Fare-thee-weel, thou best and dearest! / Thine be ilka joy and treasure, / Peace, Enjoyment, Love and Pleasure! / Ae fond kiss, and then we sever! / Ae fareweeli alas, for ever! / Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, / Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.