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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The Ladies' Evening Song.
Oh the glass is no for you,
Bonnie laddie O!
The glass is no for you,
Bonnie laddie O!
The glass is no for you,
For it dyes your manly brow,
An' it fills you roarin' fu',
Bonnie laddie O.
Bonnie laddie O!
The glass is no for you,
Bonnie laddie O!
The glass is no for you,
For it dyes your manly brow,
An' it fills you roarin' fu',
Bonnie laddie O.
Then drive us not away
Wi' your drinkin' O;
We like your presence mair
Than you're thinkin' o';
How happy will you be
In our blithesome companye,
Taking innocence and glee
For your drinking O!
Wi' your drinkin' O;
We like your presence mair
Than you're thinkin' o';
How happy will you be
In our blithesome companye,
Taking innocence and glee
For your drinking O!
Now your e'en are glancing bright,
Bonny laddie O,
Wi' a pure an' joyfu' light,
Bonnie laddie O:
But at ten o'clock at night,
Take a lady's word in plight,
We will see another sight,
Bonnie laddie O.
Bonny laddie O,
Wi' a pure an' joyfu' light,
Bonnie laddie O:
But at ten o'clock at night,
Take a lady's word in plight,
We will see another sight,
Bonnie laddie O.
There's a right path an' a wrang,
Bonnie laddie O;
An' you needna argue lang,
Bonnie laddie O.
For the mair you taste an' see
O' our harmless companye,
Aye the happier you will be,
Bonnie laddie O!
Bonnie laddie O;
An' you needna argue lang,
Bonnie laddie O.
For the mair you taste an' see
O' our harmless companye,
Aye the happier you will be,
Bonnie laddie O!
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