with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

105
Tune—Miss Admiral Gordon's Strathspey.
Of a' the airts^ the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west,
For there the bonie lassie lives,
The lassie I lo'e best
There's wild woods grow, and rivers row^,
And mony a hill between
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But day and night my fancy's flight
Is ever wi' my Jean.
I see her in the dewy flowers,
I see her sweet and fair
Ah! faith, co' Jonie, I got a fleg,
With their claymores and philabegs,
If I face them again, deil break my legS;
So I wish you a good morning.
Hey Jonnie Coup, &c.
In Johnson's " Scots Musical Museum," Edin. 1787, &c. is
a copy diflfering very much from both. One would wish to
know the original, which, perhaps, is now impossible.
* Quarters of the heaven. What airVs the wind in? signifies^
What point does the wind blow from ?