Sweet ’s the laverock’s
note, and lang,
Lilting wildly
up the glen;
But aye to me he sings ae
sang,
Will ye no come
back again?
Will
ye no, &c.
JAMIE THE LAIRD.
AIR—"The Rock and the Wee Pickle Tow."
Send a horse to the water,
ye ’ll no mak him drink,
Send a fule to the college,
ye ’ll no mak him think;
Send a craw to the singin’,
an’ still he will craw,
An’ the wee laird had
nae rummulgumshion ava.
Yet is he the pride o’
his fond mother’s e’e,
In body or mind, nae fau’t
can she see;
“He ‘s a fell
clever lad, an’ a bonny wee man,”
Is aye the beginnin’
an’ end o’ her sang.
An’
oh! she ‘s a haverin’ lucky, I trow,
An’
oh! she ‘s a haverin’ lucky, I trow;
“He
‘s a fell clever lad, an’ a bonny wee man,”
Is
aye the beginnin’ an’ end o’ her
sang.
His legs they are bow’d,
his een they do glee,
His wig, whiles it ’s
aff, and when on, it ’s ajee;
He ’s braid as he ‘s
lang, an’ ill-faur’d is he,
A dafter-like body I never
did see.
An’ yet for this cratur’
she says I am deein’,
When that I deny, she ‘s
fear’d at my leein’;
Obliged to put up wi’
this sair defamation,
I’m liken to dee wi’
grief an’ vexation.
An’
oh! she ‘s a haverin’ lucky, &c.
An’ her clishmaclavers
gang a’ through the toun,
An’ the wee lairdie
trows I ’ll hang or I ’ll droun.
Wi’ his gawky-like face,
yestreen he did say,
“I ’ll maybe tak
you, for Bess I ’ll no hae,
Nor Mattie, nor Effie, nor
lang-legged Jeanie,
Nor Nelly, nor Katie, nor
skirlin’ wee Beenie.”
I stappit my ears, ran aff
in a fury—
I ‘m thinkin’
to bring them afore judge an’ jury.
For
oh! what a randy auld luckie is she, &c.
Freen’s! gi’e
your advice!—I ’ll follow your counsel—
Maun I speak to the Provost,
or honest Toun Council,
Or the writers, or lawyers,
or doctors? now say,
For the law on the lucky I
shall an’ will hae.
The hale toun at me are jibin’
and jeerin’,
For a leddy like me it ‘s
really past bearin’;
The lucky maun now hae dune
wi’ her claverin’,
For I ‘ll no put up
wi’ her nor her haverin’.
For
oh! she ’s a randy, I trow, I trow,
For
oh! she ’s a randy, I trow, I trow;
“He
‘s a fell clever lad, an’ a bonny wee man,”
Is
aye the beginnin’ an’ end o’ her
sang.
SONGS OF MY NATIVE LAND.
AIR—"Happy Land."
Songs of my native
land,
To
me how dear!
Songs of my infancy,
Sweet
to mine ear!
Entwined with my youthful
days,
Wi’ the bonny banks
and braes,
Where the winding burnie strays,
Murmuring
near.