But a’ the pride o’ spring’s return
Can yield me nocht but sorrow.
I see the flowers and spreading trees,
I hear the wild birds singing;
But what a weary wight can please,
And care his bosom wringing?
Fain, fain would I my griefs impart,
Yet darena for your anger’
But secret love will break my heart,
If I conceal it langer.
If thou refuse to pity me,
If thou shalt love anither,
When yon green leaves fade frae the tree,
Around my grave they’ll wither.
The mirksome night did me enfauld,I knew na whare to lodge till day:By my gude luck a maid I met,Just in the middle o’ my care,And Kindly she did me inviteTo walk into a chamber fair.I bow’d fu’ low unto this maid,And thank’d her for her courtesie;I bow’d fu’ low unto this maid,An bade her…
Bear this in mind, be deaf and blind,Let great folk hear and see.
A touch of her lips it ravishes quite:She’s always good natur’d, good humour’d, and free;She dances, she glances, she smiles upon me;I never am happy when out of her sight.
There’s ne’er a flower that blooms in May,That’s half sae welcome’s thou art!COME, bumpers high, express your joy,The bowl we maun renew it,The tappet hen, gae bring her ben,To welcome Willie Stewart,You’re welcome, Willie Stewart, &c.May foes be strang, and friends be slackIlk action, may he rue it,May woman on him turn her backThat wrangs…
The moorcock springs on whirring wingsAmang the blooming heather:Now waving grain, wide o’er the plain,Delights the weary farmer;And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night,To muse upon my charmer.The partridge loves the fruitful fells,The plover loves the mountains;The woodcock haunts the lonely dells,The soaring hern the fountains:Thro’ lofty groves the cushat roves,The path…
Is he to Abra’m’s bosom gane?—Igo, and ago,Or haudin Sarah by the wame?—Iram, coram dago.Is he south or is he north?—Igo, and ago,Or drowned in the river Forth?—Iram, coram dago.Is he slain by Hielan’ bodies?—Igo, and ago,And eaten like a wether haggis?—Iram, coram, dago.Where’er he be, the Lord be near him!—Igo, and ago,As for the…
