Ay Waukin, O
Robert Burns
1.
Summer's a pleasant time:
Flowers of every colour,
The water runs owre the heugh,
And I long for my true lover.
Chorus
Ay waukin , O,
Waukin still and weary:
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie.
2.
When I sleep I dream,
When I wauk I'm eerie,
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie.
Chorus
3.
Lanely night comes on,
A' the lave are sleepin,
I think on my bonnie lad,
And I bleer my een wi' greetin.
Chorus
Ay = always, ever
Waukin = waking, awake
Heugh = hollow
Nane = none
Lanely = lonely
Lave = the others
Bleer = blur
Greetin = weeping
