The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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WHEN GLOAMIN O'ER THE WELKIN
STEALS.
Tvii'E"Jeiin7/''s Batvhee.*
When gloamin o'er the welkin steals,
And brings the ploughman frae the fiel's,
Oh, Jenny's cot, amang the shiels,
Is aye the hame to me.
To meet wi' her my heart is fain,
And parting gies me meikle pain
A queen and throne I would disdain
For Jenny's ae bawbee.
Tho' braws she has na mony feck,
Nae riches to command respec',
Her rosy lip and lily neck
Mair pleasure gie to me.
I see her beauties, prize them a',
Wi' heart as pure as new-blawn snaw ;
I'd prize her cot before a ha',
Wi' Jenny's ae bawbee.
Nae daisy, wi' its lovely form.
Nor dew-drap shining frae the corn,
Nor echo frae the distant horn,
Is half sae sweet to me I
And if the lassie were my ain,
For her I'd toil through wind and rain.
And gowd and siller I would gain
Wi' Jenny's ae bawbee.f
* To be sung slow.
t This song, the composition (as I have been informed) oi" a clergyman
in Galloway, was never before printed.
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