Poems and Songs By Robert Gilfillan. Fourth edition. With memoir of the author, and appendix of his latest pieces |
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MY LOVE IS NO FOR GOWD. |
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MY LOVE IS NO FOR GOWD.
My love is no for gowd nor gear,
An' neither is't for house nor lan';
It's a' for her, my charming fair,
My bonnie blue-e'ed Mary Ann!
An' neither is't for house nor lan';
It's a' for her, my charming fair,
My bonnie blue-e'ed Mary Ann!
The snaw is white on Arthur's hill,
On the loch below white swims the swan;
But Mary's hand is fairer still,
The lily hand o' Mary Ann!
On the loch below white swims the swan;
But Mary's hand is fairer still,
The lily hand o' Mary Ann!
In flowery June the roses blaw,
Their crimson leaves the saft winds fan;
But Mary's cheek wad shame them a',
The bloomin' cheek o' Mary Ann!
Their crimson leaves the saft winds fan;
But Mary's cheek wad shame them a',
The bloomin' cheek o' Mary Ann!
I've speered at travellers, wha hae been
Frae John-o'-Groat's-House to Japan,
But fairer maid they ne'er hae seen
Than bonnie blue-e'ed Mary Ann!
Frae John-o'-Groat's-House to Japan,
But fairer maid they ne'er hae seen
Than bonnie blue-e'ed Mary Ann!
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