Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

  o lay thy loof in mine, lass
  chorus—o lay thy loof in mine, lass,
  in mine, lass, in mine, lass;
  and swear on thy white hand, lass,
  that thou wilt be my ain.
  a slave to love's unbounded sway,
  he aft has wrought me meikle wae;
  but now he is my deadly fae,
  unless thou be my ain.
  o lay thy loof, c.
  there's mony a lass has broke my rest,
  that for a blink i hae lo'ed best;
  but thou art queen within my breast,
  for ever to remain.
  o lay thy loof, c.