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Altho' He Has Left Me


 Altho' he has left me for greed o' the siller, I dinna envy him the gains he can win; I rather wad bear a' the lade o' my sorrow, Than ever hae acted sae faithless to him.

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Maureen Beattie

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This is a song by Robert Burns. It was written in 1791 and is read here by Maureen Beattie.

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Written in 1791, this fragment of four lines survives to tell the tale of a lover scorned and left 'for greed o' the siller' (money). The speaker claims that she would rather bear the weight of sorrow than have acted in a similar way.

Juliet Linden Bicket

Themes for this song

regret greed love

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