523. Song—The Cooper o' Cuddy

Chorus—We'll hide the Cooper behint the door,

Behint the door, behint the door,

We'll hide the Cooper behint the door,

And cover him under a mawn, O.

THE COOPER o' Cuddy came here awa,

He ca'd the girrs out o'er us a';

An' our gudewife has gotten a ca',

That's anger'd the silly gudeman O.

We'll hide the Cooper, &c.

He sought them out, he sought them in,

Wi' deil hae her! an', deil hae him!

But the body he was sae doited and blin',

He wist na where he was gaun O.

We'll hide the Cooper, &c.

They cooper'd at e'en, they cooper'd at morn,

Till our gudeman has gotten the scorn;

On ilka brow she's planted a horn,

And swears that there they sall stan' O.

We'll hide the Cooper, &c.

Robert Burns

Robert Burns (born January 25, 1759, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland—died July 21, 1796, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire) national poet of Scotland, who wrote lyrics and songs in Scots and in English. Burns wrote in a variety of forms: epistles to friends, ballads, and songs. His best-known poem is the mock-heroic Tam o’ Shanter. He is also well known for the over three hundred songs he wrote which celebrate love, friendship, work, and drink with often hilarious and tender sympathy. He was also famous for his amours and his rebellion against orthodox religion and morality. Robert Burns died from heart disease at the age of thirty-seven. On the day of his death, Jean Armour gave birth to his last son, Maxwell.

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