And I'll Kiss Thee Yet, Yet
written in 1788
And I'll Kiss Thee Yet, Yet - context Summary
Written for Peggy Alison
Composed in 1788, this short lyric is a personal love song Burns likely wrote for his lover Peggy Alison. Its repeated refrain and straightforward declarations frame an intimate, affectionate address in which the speaker celebrates physical and emotional pleasure, vows fidelity, and treats a brief embrace as life’s highest good. The poem belongs to Burns’s informal, vernacular songs that draw on everyday sentiment rather than public events; no firm publication occasion is recorded, so its chief interest is biographical: a glimpse into the poet’s private attachments.
Read Complete AnalysesAn I'll kiss thee yet, yet, An I'll kiss thee o'er again; An I'll kiss thee yet, yet, My bony Peggy Alison. [Ilk Care and Fear, when thou art near, I ever mair defy them, O; Young kings upon their hansel throne Are no sae blest as I am, O!] An I'll kiss thee yet, yet, An I'll kiss thee o'er again; An I'll kiss thee yet, yet, My bony Peggy Alison. When in my arms, wi' a' thy charms, I clasp my countless treasure, O! I seek nae mair o' Heav'n to share, Than sic a moment's pleasure, O! An I'll kiss thee yet, yet, An I'll kiss thee o'er again; An I'll kiss thee yet, yet, My bony Peggy Alison. And by thy een sae bony blue, I swear I'm thine forever O! And on thy lips I seal my vow, And break it shall I never O! An I'll kiss thee yet, yet, An I'll kiss thee o'er again; An I'll kiss thee yet, yet, My bony Peggy Alison.
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