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Adam Brown · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:06 pm Post subject: Robert Burns, Galashiels

Location: Lawyer's Brae, overlooking Cornmill Square
OS Ref: NT 492 359
Latitude: 55.6144
Longitude: -2.8069
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A bronze bust of Robert Burns by W. Doyle-Jones. Unveiled in 1912

The plinth is of pink granite. The inscription at the top is "BURNS" and "BRAW BRAW LADS" at the base, which is taken from the 1793 Burns song Braw Lads o' Galla Water.

Braw Lads O' Galla Water

Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes,
They rove amang the blooming heather;
But Yarrow braes nor Ettrick shaws
Can match the lads o' Galla Water.

But there is ane, a secret ane,
Aboon them a' I loe him better;
And I'll be his, and he'll be mine,
The bonie lad o' Galla Water.

Altho' his daddie was nae laird,
And tho' I had nae meikle tocher,
Yet, rich in kindest, truest love,
We'll tent our flocks by Galla Water.

It ne'er was wealth, it ne'er was wealth,
That coft contentment, peace, and pleasure:
The bands and bliss o' mutual love,
O, that's the chiefest warld's treasure!
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