That I may drink before I go, A service to my bonnie lassie. Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry; The ship rides by the Berwick-law, And I maun leave my bonnie Mary. II. The trumpets sound, the banners fly, The battle closes deep1 and bloody. Wad make me langer wish to tarry; Nor shouts o' war that's heard afarIt's leaving thee, my bonnie Mary. II. Our monarch's hindmost year but ane III. The gossip keekit in his loof, I think we'll ca' him Robin. IV. He'll ha'e misfortunes great and sma', We'll a' be proud o' Robin. V. But sure as three times three mak' nine, This chap will dearly like our kin', OF A' THE AIRTS. I. OF a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie1 I lo'e best: There wild woods grow, and rivers row, 1 The reading in Stewart is "The lass that." But1 day an' night my fancy's flight II. I see her in the dewy flow'rs, There's not a bonnie flow'r that springs MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. I. My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. II. Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow; Farewell to the straths and green valleys below: A Stewart reading is "Baith.” 2 In Stewart this half stanza reads: I see her in the dewy flow'rs, I hear her voice in ilka bird Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods; YE FLOWERY BANKS O' BONNIE DOON. I. YE flowery banks o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fair! An' I sae fu' o' care! II. Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird, Thou minds me o' the happy days Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird, That sings beside thy mate; IV. Aft hae I rov'd by bonnie Doon, To see the woodbine twine, An' sae did I o' mine. V. Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, An' my fause luver staw the rose, JOHN ANDERSON. I. JOHN ANDERSON, my jo, John, II. John Anderson, my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither, O MERRY HA'E I BEEN. I. O MERRY hae I been teethin a heckle, An' merry hae I been shapin' a spoon, |