Name: Mary Morrison
Duration: P00H03M45S
Description: Poem written by Robert Burns. Music written by Zodiac Avalanche (John Corrigan).

Mary Morrison

from Rabbie Burns & The Attack Of The Purple Space Llamas by Slim Hippo

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Poem written by Robert Burns. Music written by Zodiac Avalanche (John Corrigan).

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O Mary, at thy window be!
It is the wish'd the trysted hour.
Those smiles and glances let me see,
That makes the miser's treasure poor.
How blythely wad I bide the stoure,
A weary slave frae sun to sun,
Could I the rich reward secure --
The lovely Mary Morison!

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing,
I sat, but neither heard or saw:
Tho' this was fair, and that was braw,
And yon the toast of a'the town,
I sigh'd, and said amang them a' --
"Ye are na Mary Morison!"

O, Mary, canst thou wreck his peace
Wha for thy sake wad gladly die?
Or canst thou break that heart of his
Whase only faut is loving thee?
If love for love thou wilt na gie,
At least be pity to me shown:
A thought ungentle canna be
The thought o' Mary Morison.

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from Rabbie Burns & The Attack Of The Purple Space Llamas, released January 25, 2014
Organ, drum programming and guitar by Zodiac Avalanche
Vocals by Benjamin 'Ten-Toes' Wright

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