Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
Robin Cam to the Wrens Door
Robin Cam' to the Wren's Door
Robin Cam' to the Wren's Door
1.
The robin cam' to the wren's door,
And keekit in, and keekit in:
O, blessings on your bonnie pow,
Wad ye be in, wad ye be in?
I wadna let you lie thereout,
And I within, and I within,
As lang's I hae a warm clout,
To row ye in, to row ye in.
2.
The robin cam to the wren's nest
And keekit in, and keekit in:
"O weel's me on your auld pow
Wad ye be in, wad ye be in?
For ye sall never lie without
And me within, & me within,
As lang's I hae an auld clout,
To row you in, to row you in."
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(1) Ford CR, 139; a stanza sung by Mrs. Burns, wife of
the poet, to her children.
(2) Nicht at Eenie (1932), 26, whence Montgomerie SNR
(1946), 19 (3) [3 wae's me].
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