The Silver Tassie
Robert Burns
1759 to 1796
Track 1
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Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine,
It's leaving thee, my bonie Mary!
And I maun leave my bonie Mary.
That I may drink before I go
The glittering spears are rankèd ready,
The boat rocks at the pier o' Leith,
Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry,
The ship rides by the Berwick-Law,
It's not the roar o' sea or shore
And fill it in a silver tassie,
The trumpets sound, the banners fly,
The battle closes deep and bloody.
Nor shouts o' war that's heard afar:
The shouts o' war are heard afar,
Wad mak me langer wish to tarry,
A service to my bonie lassie!
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