Part 82 (1/2)

Ye're like to the timmer o' yon rotten wood, Ye're like to the bark o' yon rotten tree, Ye'll slip frae me like a knotless thread, And ye'll crack your credit wi' mae nor me.

O For Ane An' Twenty, Tam

Chorus.--An' O for ane an' twenty, Tam!

And hey, sweet ane an' twenty, Tam!

I'll learn my kin a rattlin' sang, An' I saw ane an' twenty, Tam.

They snool me sair, and haud me down, An' gar me look like bluntie, Tam; But three short years will soon wheel roun', An' then comes ane an' twenty, Tam.

An' O for, &c.

A glieb o' lan', a claut o' gear, Was left me by my auntie, Tam; At kith or kin I need na spier, An I saw ane an' twenty, Tam.

An' O for, &c.

They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof, Tho' I mysel' hae plenty, Tam; But, hear'st thou laddie! there's my loof, I'm thine at ane an' twenty, Tam!

An' O for, &c.

Thou Fair Eliza

Turn again, thou fair Eliza!

Ae kind blink before we part; Rue on thy despairing lover, Can'st thou break his faithfu' heart?

Turn again, thou fair Eliza!

If to love thy heart denies, Oh, in pity hide the sentence Under friends.h.i.+p's kind disguise!

Thee, sweet maid, hae I offended?

My offence is loving thee; Can'st thou wreck his peace for ever, Wha for thine would gladly die?

While the life beats in my bosom, Thou shalt mix in ilka throe: Turn again, thou lovely maiden, Ae sweet smile on me bestow.

Not the bee upon the blossom, In the pride o' sinny noon; Not the little sporting fairy, All beneath the simmer moon; Not the Minstrel in the moment Fancy lightens in his e'e, Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, That thy presence gies to me.

My Bonie Bell

The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing, And surly Winter grimly flies; Now crystal clear are the falling waters, And bonie blue are the sunny skies.

Fresh o'er the mountains breaks forth the morning, The ev'ning gilds the ocean's swell; All creatures joy in the sun's returning, And I rejoice in my bonie Bell.