“ The time winged with pleasure seemed short when the morning
⁠Revealed her light form gliding home by the rill;
While the sun in his orbit all nature's adorning,
True love for thee Margaret my bosom shall fill. ”

“ It's but a night and hauf a day that I'll leave my dearie;
But a night and hauf a day that I'll leave my dearie;
But a night and hauf a day that I'll leave my dearie,
Whene'er the sun gaes west the loch, I'll come again and see thee.
Dinna gang, my bonnie lad, dinna gang and leave me;
Dinna gang, my bonnie lad, dinna gang and leave me;
When a' the lave are sound asleep I am dull & eerie,
And a' the lee-lang night I'm sad, wi' thinking on my dearie. ”

“ Remember me at early day,
Or when the evening shadows haste.
When high the pensive moon appears,
And night, with all her starry train,
Gives rest to human hopes and fears,
Remember I alone complain. ”