my collier laddie（1/1）

my collier laddie

“whare live ye, my bonie lass?

and tell me what they ca' ye;”

“my name,” she says, “is mistress jean,

and i follow the collier laddie.”

“my name, she says, &c.

“see you not yon hills and dales

the sun shines on sae brawlie;

they a' are mine, and they shall be thine,

gin ye'll leave your collier laddie.

“they a' are mine, &c.

“ye shall gang in gay attire,

weel buskit up sae gaudy;

and ane to wait on every hand,

gin ye'll leave your collier laddie.”

“and ane to wait, &c.

“tho' ye had a' the sun shines on,

and the earth conceals sae lowly,

i wad turn my back on you and it a',

and embrace my collier laddie.

“i wad turn my back, &c.

“i can win my five pennies in a day,

an' spen't at night fu' brawlie:

and make my bed in the collier's neuk,

and lie down wi' my collier laddie.

“and make my bed, &c.

“love for love is the bargain for me,

tho' the wee cot-house should haud me;

and the warld before me to win my bread,

and fair fa' my collier laddie!”

“and the warld before me, &c.