Ah, Woe is Me, My Mother Dear

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Ah, Woe is Me, My Mother Dear
Robert Burns

A paraphrase of Jeremiah 15 v 10

109134Ah, Woe is Me, My Mother DearRobert Burns

Ah, woe is me, my mother dear!
A man of strife ye’ve born me:
For sair contention I maun bear;
They hate, revile, and scorn me.
 
I ne’er could lend on bill or band,
That five per cent. might blest me;
And borrowing, on the tither hand,
The deil a ane wad trust me.
 
Yet I, a coin-denièd wight,
By Fortune quite discarded;
Ye see how I am, day and night,
By lad and lass blackguarded!

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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