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ON HAPPY DAYS by ANONYMOUS

First Line: WHEN I THINK ON THE HAPPY DAYS
Last Line: IT WAS NA SAE GLINTED BY / WHEN I WAS WI' MY DEARIE
Subject(s): ABSENCE; SEPARATION;ISOLATION;

When I think on the happy days
I spent wi' you, my dearie;
And now what lands between us lie,
How can I be but eerie!
How slow ye move, ye heavy hours,
As ye were wae and weary!
It was na sae ye glinted by
When I was wi' my dearie.



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