An' Heaven grant I act my part This bonny day amang the hay, THE BOGLES. TUNE-Logie o' Buchan. My bonny Eliza is fled frae the town, For the bogles have chas'd my Eliza away. The Lowlands may weep, and the Highlands may smile, In welcome to her that's the flower of our isle : It's all for thy honour, ambitious Tay, That the bogles have chas'd my Eliza away. There's ae bitter thought has gi'en me muckle pain, I fear I will never behold her again; I canna get quit o't, by night nor by day, O, sweet may the breeze be her mountains be tween; And sweet be her walks through her woodlands so green! And sweet be the murmurs of fair winding Tay, Since the bogles have chas'd my Eliza away! I love her; I own it; I'll own it again; aye, Nor fairy, nor bogle, will chase it away. BONNY JEAN. TUNE-Prince William Henry's Delight. SING on, sing on, my bonny bird, The sang ye sang yestreen, O, My blude ran prinklin' through my veins, My heart play'd deep against my breast! As I beheld my dear, O. O weels me on my happy lot! The lavrock on the green, O; Sing on, sing on, my bonny thrush, If love wad open a' her stores, A bramble shade around her head, Our bed the swaird, our sheet the plaid, An' here's the burn, an' there's the bush An' this the plaid, an' sure the lass Hear me, thou bonny modest moon! BONNY LEEZY. TUNE-O'er the Muir amang the Heather. THOUGH I've enjoy'd my youth in health, Yet real delight I never felt Until I saw my bonny Leezy. I've seen the Athol birk sae fair, The mountain pine, an' simple daisy; But nought I've seen can e'er compare I've seen the hare trip o'er the dale, Hae gi'en my heart an unco heezy: Can lodge within the breast o' Leezy. I winna greet, I winna dee, Though love has made me something reezy; But mirth shall ne'er gang down wi' me If aught befa' my bonny Leezy. When her and I to rest are gane, May shepherds strew our graves wi' daisy! And when o'er us they make their maen, Aye join my name wi' bonny Leezy!, NOW WELL MAY I. TUNE-Jacky Latin. Now well may I the haunts defy, Where love unlicens'd reign'd 0; |