SONG XLV. O FOR ANE AND TWENTY, TAM! AIR. THE MOUDIEWORT. I. An' O, for ane and twenty, Tam! I'll learn my kin a rattlin sang, An I saw ane and twenty, Tam. THEY snool me sair, and haud me down, I II. A gleib o' lan', a claut o' gear, III. They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof, But hear 'st thou, laddie, there's my loof, SONG XLVI. O LEEZE ME ON MY SPINNING WHEEL. AIR. DAINTIE DAVIE. I. O LEEZE me on my spinnin wheel, II. On ilka hand the burnies trot, And meet below my theekit cot; Alike to screen the birdie's nest, And little fishes caller rest: The sun blinks kindly in the biel', Where, blythe I turn my spinnin wheel. III. On lofty aiks the cushats wail, The craik amang the claver hay, IV. Wi' sma' to sell, and less to buy, O wha wad leave this humble state, SONG XLVII. IN SIMMER WHEN THE HAY, &c. AIR. JOHN, COME KISS ME NOW. 1. In simmer when the hay was mawn, And corn wav'd green in ilka field, While claver blooms white o'er the lea, And roses blaw in ilka bield; Blythe Bessie in the milking shiel, Says, I'll be wed come o 't what will; Out spak a dame in wrinkled eild, O' gude advisement comes nae ill. II. Its ye hae wooers mony ane, And lassie ye're but young, ye ken; Then wait a wee, and canie wale, A routhie butt, a routhie ben: |