The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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Thou'rt like themselves sae lovely^
That ill they'll ne'er let near thee.
Return again, fair Lesley,
Return to Caledonie I
That we may brag we hae a lass
There's nane again sae bonnie.*
WILLIE BREWED A PECK O' MAUT,
BURNS.
Tune— Willie Iretsi'd a Peck o' MauU
O, Willie brew'd a peck o' maut,
! ; ; ;
And Rob and Allan cam' to prie
Three blyther lads, that lee lang night,
Ye wadna fund in Christendie.
We are na fou, we're no that fou,
But just a wee drap in our ee
The cock may craw, the day may daw.
But aye we'll taste the barley bree.
Here are we met, three merry boys
Three merry boys I trow are we :
And mony a nicht we've merry been,
And mony mae we hope to be
It is the mune—I ken her horn—
That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie
She shines sae bricht to wyle us hame,
But by my sooth she'll wait a wee,
Wha first shall rise to gang awa,
A cuckold coward loun is he ;
* Written in honour of Miss Lesley Baillie of Ayrshire, (now Mrs Curaming
of Logie,) when on her way to England, through Dumfries.