Anonymous

“ It is the moon, I ken her horn,
that's blinkin in the lift sae hie!
She shines: sae bright to while us hame,
but by my sooth she'll wait a wee!
Wha first shall rise to gang away,
a cuckold, coward loun is he! ”

“ E'en to thee, of all most dear, bonny lassie, O.
For the frowns of fortune low'r bonny lassie, O,
On thy lover at this hour, bonny lassie, O
⁠Ere the golden orb of day,
⁠Wake the warblers from the spray,
From this land I must away, bonny lassie, O. ”

“ Siller saughs wi' downy buds
adorn the banks sae briery O.
Round the sylvan fairy nooks,
Feath'ry brackens fringe the rocks,
Neath the brae the burnie jouks,
and ilka thing is cheerie O.
Trees may bud, and birds may sing. ”

“ For we've aye been provided for, and sae will we yet.
And sae will we yet, &c.
Let the miser delight in the hoarding of pelf,
Since he has not the saul to enjoy it himself;
Since the bounty of Providence is new ev'ry day,
As we journey through life, let us live by the way.
Let us live by the way. ”

“ And aye the burden o' the sang
Was o'er the moor amang the heather,
O'er the moor, &c.
She charm'd my heart, and aye sinsyne,
I could na think on any ither:
By sea and sky she shall be mine
The bonny lass amang the heather. ”

“ Gae seek for pleasure whare you will,
But here I never mist it yet.
We're a' dry wi' the drinking o't,
We're a dry wi' the drinking o't,
The minister kiss'd the fidler's wife,
And couldna preach for thinking o't. ”

“ May ill befa' the flatt'ring tongue
that wad beguile my Nannie. O
Her face is fair, her heart is true,
as spotless as she's bonnie, O;
The op'ning gowan, wet wi' dew,
nae purer is than Nannie, O.
A country lad is my degree,
an' few there be that ken, me. ”

“ Wi' sma' persuasion she agreed
to see me through the barley.
Corn rigs, and barley rigs
an' corn rigs are bonny
I'll ne'er forget that happy night,
amang the rigs wi' Annie.
The sky was blue, the wind was still,
the moon was shining clearly ”

“ O' mair than thirty head to ca',
The ewie &c.
The neist I gae to Jean, and noo
The bairn's sae bra', has fauld sae fa',
That lads sae thick come her to woo,
They're fain to sleep on hay or straw,
The ewie, &c. ”