412. My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

Published: Jan. 25, 2009, 8:24 a.m.

b"R Burns read by Classic Poetry Aloud: Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\nwww.classicpoetryaloud.com\\n\\n--------------------------------------------\\n\\nMy Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose\\nby Robert Burns (1759 \\u20131896)\\n\\nMy luve's like a red, red rose,\\nThat's newly sprung in June.\\nMy luve's like the melodie,\\nThat's sweetly play'd in tune.\\nAs fair art thou, my bonie lass,\\nSo deep in luve am I,\\nAnd I will luve thee still, my Dear,\\nTill a' the seas gang dry.\\n\\nTill a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,\\nAnd the rocks melt wi' the sun!\\nO I will luve thee still, my Dear,\\nWhile the sands o' life shall run.\\nAnd fare-thee-weel, my only Luve,\\nAnd fare-thee-weel a while!\\nAnd I will come again, my Luve,\\nTho' it were ten thousand mile!\\n\\nFirst aired: 25 January 2009\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009"