The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

358
If I wasna ettled to be ony better,
Then what gars me wish ony better to be ?
I'm just like a lammie that loses its mither
Nae mither or friend the puir lammie can see
I fear I hae tint my puir heart a'thegither,
Nae wonder the tear fa's sae fast frae my ee.
Wi' the rest o' my claes I hae row'd up the ribbon,
The bonnie blue ribbon that Jamie gae me;
Yestreen, when he gae me't, and saw I was sabbin',
I'll never forget the wae blink o' his ee.
Though now he said naething but Fare ye weel, Lucy
It made me I neither could speak, hear, nor see
He could nae say mair but just. Fare ye weel, Lucy
Yet that I will mind till the day that I dee.
The lamb likes the gowan wi' dew when its droukit
The hare likes the brake and the braird on the lea
But Lucy likes Jamie ;—she turn'd and she lookit.
She thocht the dear place she wad never mair see.
Ah, weel may young Jamie gang dowie and cheerless !
And weel may he greet on the bank o' the burn
For bonnie sweet Lucy, sae gentle and peerless,
Lies cauld in her grave, and will never return
THE JOLLIE BEGGAR.
SUPPOSED TO BE BY KING JAMES V.
Tune— Thejollie leggar.
There Avas a jollie beggar, and a beggin' he was boun',
And he took up his quarters into a landwart toun.
And we'll gang nae mair a-rovin', a-rovin' in the
nicht.
And we'll gang nae mair a-rovin', boys, let the moon
shine ne'er sae bricht
And we'll gang nae mair a-rovin'.