John Hamilton

“ Wi' me a rantin' Highlandman;
We'll big a cot, and buy a stock,
Syne do the best that e'er we can;
Then come my dear ye needna fear,
To trust a rantin' Highlandman.
Tho' Cupid's dart had struck my heart,
And fain I wad hae gi'en my han',
Yet durstna lest my mother should
Dislike a rantin' Highlandman-
But I expect that he'll be back,
Then tho' my kin should swear and ban,
I'll owre the hill, or whare he will,
Wi' my young rantin' Highlandman.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”