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A Red, Red Rose

Adapted from the famous poem BY ROBERT BURNS

O my love is like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June;

O my love is like the melody

That’s sweetly played in tune.

So beautiful are you, my pretty lady,

So deep in love am I;

And I will love you still, my dear,

Until the seas become dry.

Until the seas become dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt from the sun;

I will love thee still, my dear,

While the minutes of life run.

A Red, Red Rose

Adapted from the famous poem BY ROBERT BURNS

O my love is like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June;

O my love is like the melody

That’s sweetly played in tune.

So beautiful are you, my pretty lady,

So deep in love am I;

And I will love you still, my dear,

Until the seas become dry.

Until the seas become dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt from the sun;

I will love thee still, my dear,

While the minutes of life run.

So farewell, my only love!

So farewell for a while!

But I will come again, my love,

Even if I travel ten thousand miles.

The Poetry Foundation

http://www.poetryfoundation.org

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Revised version 2016