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Tocher     Credits: Lyrics by Robert Burns     Appears On: Sugarcane     Language: Scots-English

Lyrics:

Oh meikle thinks my love o' my beauty
And meikle thinks my love o' my kin
But little thinks my love I ken brawlie
My tocher's the jewel has charms for him

It's all for the apple he'll nourish the tree
It's all for the honey he'll cherish the bee
My laddie's sae meikle in love wi' the siller
He canna hae love tae spare for me

Your proffer o' love's an earnest penny
My tocher's the bargain ye will buy
And though ye be crafty, I am cunning
Sae ye wi' another your fortune maun try

You're like tae the timmer on yon rotten wood
You're like tae the bark on yon rotten tree
For ye are sae meikle in love wi' the siller
Ye canna hae love tae spare for me