I ken they scorn my low estate, Sma' siller will relieve me. I count my health my greatest wealth, I'll fear nae scant, I'll bode nae want, But far aff fowls hae feathers fair, Tho' they seem fair, still have a care, They may prove waur than I am. But at twal at night, when the moon shines bright, For the man that lo'es his mistress weel HEY, THE DUSTY MILLER. TUNE 'THE DUSTY MILLER.' HEY, the dusty miller, That I got frae the miller. Hey, the dusty miller, And his dusty sack; Leeze me on the calling Fills the dusty peck, THE CARDIN' O'T. TUNE-SALT FISH AND DUMPLINGS.' I COFT a stane o' haslock woo', The cardin' o't, the spinnin' o't, The tailor staw the lynin o't. For though his locks be lyart gray, THE JOYFUL WIDOWER. TUNE- MAGGY LAUDER.' I MARRIED with a scolding wife The fourteenth of November; She made me weary of my life, By one unruly member. Long did I bear the heavy yoke, We lived full one-and-twenty years At length from me her course she steer'd, Of all the women in the world, Her body is bestowed well, A handsome grave does hide her ; But sure her soul is not in hell, The deil would ne'er abide her. I rather think she is aloft, And imitating thunder; For why, methinks I hear her voice THENIEL MENZIE'S BONIE MARY TUNE- THE RUFFIAN'S RANT.' IN coming by the brig o' Dye, As day was dawin in the sky We drank a health to bonie Mary. Kissin' Theniel's bonie Mary. Her een sae bright, her brow sae white, We lap an' danced the lee-lang day, THE FAREWELL. TUNE-'IT WAS A' FOR our rightFU' KING.' IT was a' for our rightfu' King, We e'er saw Irish land. Now a' is done that men can do, My love and native land farewell, For I maun cross the main. He turn'd him right and round about And gae his bridle-reins a shake, With adieu for evermore, My dear; With adieu for evermore. The sodger from the wars returns, My dear; Never to meet again. When day is gane, and night is come, I think on him that's far awa', The lee-lang night, and weep. IT IS NA, JEAN, THY BONIE FACE. TUNE THE MAID'S COMPLAINT.' IT is na, Jean, thy bonie face, To praise, to love, I find ; |