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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Why should I Sit an' Sigh.
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Why should I Sit an' Sigh.
Why should I sit an' sigh
When the greenwood blooms sae bonnie?
Laverocks sing, flowrets spring,
A' but me are cheery.
Ochon, O ri! there's something wanting,
Ochon, O ri! I'm weary;
Nae young, blithe, an' bonnie lad,
Comes o'er the knowe to cheer me.
Ochon, O ri! there's something wanting, &c.
When the greenwood blooms sae bonnie?
Laverocks sing, flowrets spring,
A' but me are cheery.
Ochon, O ri! there's something wanting,
Ochon, O ri! I'm weary;
Nae young, blithe, an' bonnie lad,
Comes o'er the knowe to cheer me.
Ochon, O ri! there's something wanting, &c.
When the day wears away,
Sair I look adown the valley,
Ilka sound wi' a stound
Sets my heart a thrilling:
When I see the plover rising,
Or the curlew wheeling,
Then I trow some bonnie lad
Is coming to my shieling.
Ochon, O ri! there's something wanting, &c.
Sair I look adown the valley,
Ilka sound wi' a stound
Sets my heart a thrilling:
When I see the plover rising,
Or the curlew wheeling,
Then I trow some bonnie lad
Is coming to my shieling.
Ochon, O ri! there's something wanting, &c.
Come away, come away,
Herd, or hind, or boatman laddie;
I hae cow, kid and ewe,
Gowd and gear to gain thee!
My wee cot is blessed and happy;
Oh, 'tis neat and cleanly!
Sweet the brier that blooms beside it,
Kind the heart that's lanely:
Ochon, O ri! there's something wanting, &c.
Herd, or hind, or boatman laddie;
I hae cow, kid and ewe,
Gowd and gear to gain thee!
My wee cot is blessed and happy;
Oh, 'tis neat and cleanly!
Sweet the brier that blooms beside it,
Kind the heart that's lanely:
Ochon, O ri! there's something wanting, &c.
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