Song - Jamie, Come Try Me

Portrait of Robert Burns
Robert Burns 1759–1796
267Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Chorus.—Jamie, come try me, Jamie, come try me, If thou would win my love, Jamie, come try me.

IF thou should ask my love, Could I deny thee? If thou would win my love, Jamie, come try me! Jamie, come try me, &c.

If thou should kiss me, love, Wha could espy thee? If thou wad be my love, Jamie, come try me! Jamie, come try me, &c.

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    obviously, this poem is all about rob trying to seduce jamie, whoever that is. now jamie could be an actual person, or she could be a symbol...i dont know... what i do know is that this poem is pure lust. obviously anyone who knows rob's background knows that he has had numerous lovers... its all lust

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