The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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Gin ye meet a Bonnie Lassie.
Gin ye meet a bonnie lassie,
Gie her a kiss and let her gae;
But gin ye meet a dirty hussey,
Fy gae rub her ower wi' strae.
Nought is like a bonnie lassie,
Brisk an' bonnie, blithe and gay;
But gin ye meet a dirty hussey,
Fy gae rub her ower wi' strae.
Gie her a kiss and let her gae;
But gin ye meet a dirty hussey,
Fy gae rub her ower wi' strae.
Nought is like a bonnie lassie,
Brisk an' bonnie, blithe and gay;
But gin ye meet a dirty hussey,
Fy gae rub her ower wi' strae.
Be sure ye dinna quat the grip
O ilka joy while ye are young,
Afore auld age your veetals nip,
An' lay ye twafauld ower a rung.
But look out for a bonnie lassie,
Brisk an' bonnie, blithe an' gay;
But gin ye meet a dirty hussey,
Fy gae rub her ower wi' strae.
O ilka joy while ye are young,
Afore auld age your veetals nip,
An' lay ye twafauld ower a rung.
But look out for a bonnie lassie,
Brisk an' bonnie, blithe an' gay;
But gin ye meet a dirty hussey,
Fy gae rub her ower wi' strae.
Auld age an' youth has joys apart,
An' though they dinna weel combine,
The honest, kind, an' gratefu' heart
Will aye be blithe like your's an' mine.
But nought is like a bonnie lassie,
Dearer gift Heav'n never gae;
But gin ye meet a dirty hussey,
Fy gae rub her ower wi' strae.
An' though they dinna weel combine,
The honest, kind, an' gratefu' heart
Will aye be blithe like your's an' mine.
But nought is like a bonnie lassie,
Dearer gift Heav'n never gae;
But gin ye meet a dirty hussey,
Fy gae rub her ower wi' strae.
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