Auld Rb Mrris
auld rob morris
there's auld rob morris that wons in yon glen,
he's the king o' gude fellows, and wale o' auld men;
he has gowd in his coffers, he has owsen and kine,
and ae bonie lass, his dautie and mine.
she's fresh as the m, the fairest in may;
she's sweet as the ev'ning amang the new hay;
as blythe and as artless as the lambs on the lea,
ao my heart as the light to my e'e.
but oh! she's an heiress, auld robin's a laird,
and my daddie has nought but a cot-house and yard;
a wooer like me maunna hope to e speed,
the wounds i must hide that will soon be my dead.
the day es to me, but delight brings me nane;
the night es to me, but my rest it is gane;
i wander my lane like a night-troubled ghaist,
and i sigh as my heart it wad burst in my breast.
o had she but been of a lree,
i then might hae hop'd she wad smil'd upon me!
o how past descriving had then been my bliss,
as now my distra nae words express.
there's auld rob morris that wons in yon glen,
he's the king o' gude fellows, and wale o' auld men;
he has gowd in his coffers, he has owsen and kine,
and ae bonie lass, his dautie and mine.
she's fresh as the m, the fairest in may;
she's sweet as the ev'ning amang the new hay;
as blythe and as artless as the lambs on the lea,
ao my heart as the light to my e'e.
but oh! she's an heiress, auld robin's a laird,
and my daddie has nought but a cot-house and yard;
a wooer like me maunna hope to e speed,
the wounds i must hide that will soon be my dead.
the day es to me, but delight brings me nane;
the night es to me, but my rest it is gane;
i wander my lane like a night-troubled ghaist,
and i sigh as my heart it wad burst in my breast.
o had she but been of a lree,
i then might hae hop'd she wad smil'd upon me!
o how past descriving had then been my bliss,
as now my distra nae words express.