Lass Of Cessnock Banks, The^1
On Cessnock banks a lassie dwells; Could I describe her shape and mein; Our lasses a'she far excels, An' she has twa sparkling roguish een. She's sweeter than the morning dawn, When rising Phoebus first is seen, And dew-drops twinkle o'er the lawn; An' she has twa sparkling roguish een. She's stately like yon youthful
Mary Morison
O Mary, at thy window be, It is the wish'd, the trystedhour! Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor: How blythely was I bidethe stour, A weary slave fraesun to sun, Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance
Ronalds Of The Bennals, The
In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men, And proper young lasses and a', man; But kenye the Ronalds that live in the Bennals, They carry the greefrae them a', man. Their father's laird, and weel he can spare't, Braidmoney to tocherthem a', man; To proper young men, he'll clinkin the hand Gowdguineas a