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	150 TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
	III. LOVE—HUMOROUS.
	No. 168. Here's to thy health, my bonie lass! Tune : Laggan burn Scots Musical Museum, 1796, No. 495.



	Here 's to thy health, my bonie lass ! Gude night and joy be wi' thee ; I'll come nae mair to thy bower-door To tell thee that I lo'e thee. O, dinna think, my pretty pink, But I can live without thee : I vow and swear I dinna care How lang ye look about ye! Thou 'rt ay sae free informing me Thou hast nae mind to marry, I'll be as free informing thee Nae time hae I to tarry. I ken thy freens try ilka means Frae wedlock to delay thee— Depending on some higher chance,— But fortune may betray thee. I ken they scorn my low estate, But that does never grieve me, For I'm as free as any he,— Sma' siller will relieve me !