She talk'd, she smil'd, my heart she wyl'd, [beguiled]
She charm'd my soul I wist na how;
And aye the stound, the deadly wound, [pang]
Came frae her een sae bonnie blue. [from]
But 'spare to speak, and spare to speed'--
She'll aiblins listen to my vow: [perhaps]
Should she refuse, I'll lay my dead [death]
To her twa een sae bonnie blue.
BONNIE LESLEY
O saw ye bonnie Lesley
As she gaed o'er the border? [went]
She's gane, like Alexander,
To spread her conquests farther.
To see her is to love her,
And love but her for ever;
For Nature made her what she is,
And never made anither!
Thou art a queen, fair Lesley,
Thy subjects, we before thee:
Thou art divine, fair Lesley,
The hearts o' men adore thee.
The Deil he could na scaith thee, [harm]
Or aught that wad belang thee;
He'd look into thy bonnie face,
And say, 'I canna wrang thee.'
The Powers aboon will tent thee; [above, guard]
Misfortune sha'na steer thee; [shall not disturb]
Thou'rt like themselves sae lovely,
That ill they'll ne'er let near thee.
Return again, fair Lesley,
Return to Caledonie!
That we may brag we hae a lass
There's nane again sae bonnie.
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