Archibald Crawfurd, The Book of Scottish Song (1843)
“ Bonnie Mary Hay. [The author of this song is Archibald Crawford, a native of Ayr. It originally appeared in the Ayr and Wigtonshire Courier, and was afterwards introduced into one of a series of stories by Mr. Crawford, published at Edinburgh, in 1825, under the title of "Tales of my Grandmother." The composer was R. A. Smith.] Bonnie Mary Hay, I will lo'e thee yet; For thy eye is the slae, and thy hair is the jet, The snaw is thy skin, and the rose is thy cheek: Oh! bonnie Mary Hay, I will lo'e thee yet. ”
