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"Could This Ill World Have Been Contriv'd" is a track by Ludwig van Beethoven, from the album 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108, released 1818. Full lyrics are available below.
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Could this ill world have been contriv'd To stand without that mischief, woman How peaceful bodies wou'd have liv'd Releas'd frae a' the ills sae common! But since it is the waefu' case That man must have this teasing crony Why such a sweet bewitching face? Oh! had they no been made sae bonny! I might have roam'd wi' cheerful mind Nae sin nor sorrow to betide me As careless as the wand'ring wind As happy as the lamb beside me I might have screw'd my tuneful pegs And carol'd mountain airs fu' gayly Had we but wanted a' the Megs Wi' glossy е'en sae dark and wily I saw the dangеr, fear'd the dart The smile, the air, and a' sae taking Yet open laid my wareless heart And got the wound that keeps me waking My harp waves on the willow green Of wild witch notes it has nae ony Sinc' e'er I saw that pawky quean Sae sweet, sae wicked, and sae bonny
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