There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame -
A Song -
By yon castle wa' at the close of the day,
I heard a man sing tho' his head it was gray,
And as he was singing the tears down came -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame -
The Church is in ruins, the State is in jars,
Delusions, oppressions, & murderous wars:
We dare na weel say't, but we ken wha's to blame -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame. -
My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword,
And now I greet round their green beds in the yerd;
It brak the sweet heart o' my faithfu' auld Dame -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame. -
Now life is a burden that bows me down,
Sin I tint my bairns, & he tint his crown;
But till my last moment my words are the same -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame. -
A Song -
By yon castle wa' at the close of the day,
I heard a man sing tho' his head it was gray,
And as he was singing the tears down came -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame -
The Church is in ruins, the State is in jars,
Delusions, oppressions, & murderous wars:
We dare na weel say't, but we ken wha's to blame -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame. -
My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword,
And now I greet round their green beds in the yerd;
It brak the sweet heart o' my faithfu' auld Dame -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame. -
Now life is a burden that bows me down,
Sin I tint my bairns, & he tint his crown;
But till my last moment my words are the same -
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame. -
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/45
- Alt. number
- 3.6185
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/45
- Alt. number
- 3.6185
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
Description
Manuscript of 'There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame'
A Jacobite song which begins 'By yon castle wa' at the close of the day'. 4 four-line verses, with another song on the reverse.
Archive information
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Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs
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a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
- There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame
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