A Mother's Lament

A Mother's Lament For the Death of Her Son Robert Burns (1788)

Shawn Kirchner

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And with him

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Life

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and with him all

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and with him all

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the joys are fled Life can

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the joys are fled Life can

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and with him

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me

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And with him all

the joys are fled

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heart;

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Fate gave the word,

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And pierc'd my dar

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im - part.

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par(t).

pp

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(don't pronounce the "t")

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dust

drops,

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of all my hopes,

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laid;

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so

fell the pride

of all my hopes,

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our'd laid, in dust dis - hon - our'd laid; mp

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In dust dis - hon - our'd laid,

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So fell the pride

So fell the

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the sap - ling

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dis - hon - our'd laid;

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In

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By cru - el

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in dust

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of all my hopes,

dis - hon - our'd

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My

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love,

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do thou kind -

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ly lay me low,

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do thou kind -

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lay me low With him

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love,

lay me

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lay me low,

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Death, oft I've feared

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Death, oft I've feared thy fat - al blow. mp cresc. e accel.

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rest!

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