The Canary/O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet

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4509761The Canary — O Mally's meek, Mally's sweetRobert Burns (1759-1796)

O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet.

  O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet,
   Mally's modest and discreet;
  Mally's rare, Mally's fair,
   Mally's every way complete.
As I was walking up the street,
A barefit maid I chanced to meet,
But O the road was very hard
For that fair maiden's tender feet.
  Mally's meek, &c.

It were mair meet, that those fine feet
Were weel lac'd up in silken shoon,
And 'twere mair fit that she should sit
Within yon chariot gilt aboon.
  Mally's meek, &c.

Her yellow hair beyond compare,
Comes trinkling down her swan-like neck,
And her two eyes, like stars in skies,
Wad keep a sinking ship frae wreck.
  Mally's meek, &c.