Poems by Robert Burns

Presented by the RBWF

Saw ye my Phely (quasi dicat, Phillis)

O SAW ye my dearie, my Phely?
O Saw ye my dearie, my Phely?
She 's down i' the grove, she 's wi' a new Love,
She winna come hame to her Willy.----------

What says she, my dearest, my Phely?
What says she, my dearest, my Phely?
She lets thee to wit that she has thee forgot,
And forever disowns thee her Willy.----------

O had I ne'er seen thee, my Phely!
O had I ne'er seen thee, my Phely!
As light as the air, and fause as thou 's fair,
Thou 's broken the heart o' thy Willy.----------