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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COOPER O' CUDDIE, by ROBERT BURNS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We'll hide the cooper behint the door Last Line: We'll hide the cooper, &c. | |||
We'll hide the Cooper behint the door, Behint the door, behint the door, We'll hide the Cooper behint the door, And cover him under a mawn, O. The Cooper o' Cuddie came here awa, He ca'd the girrs out o'er us a'; An' our gudewife has gotten a ca', That's anger'd the silly gudeman O. We'll hide the Cooper, &c. He sought them out, he sought them in, Wi' deil hae her! an', deil hae him! But the body he was sae doited and blin', He wist na where he was gaun O. We'll hide the Cooper, &c. They cooper'd at e'en, they cooper'd at morn, Till our gudeman has gotten the scorn; On ilka brow she's planted a horn, And swears that there they sall stan' O. We'll hide the Cooper, &c. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET'S WELCOME TO HIS LOVE-BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER by ROBERT BURNS A RED, RED ROSE by ROBERT BURNS ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS by ROBERT BURNS ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS by ROBERT BURNS AULD LANG SYNE by ROBERT BURNS CA' THE YOWES TO THE KNOWES by ROBERT BURNS |
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