LADY GRISEL BAILLIE

430. Werena my Heart's Ikht I wad dee

'""THERE ance was a may, and she lo'ed na men ;

She biggit her bonnie bow'r doun in yon glen ; But now she cries, Dool and a well-a-day ! Come doun the green gait and come here away !

When bonnie young Johnnie cam owre the sea, He said he saw naething sae lovely as me ; He hecht me baith rings and mony braw things And werena my heart's licht, I wad dee.

He had a wee titty that lo'ed na me,

Because I was twice as bonnie as she ;

She raised sic a pother 'twixt him and his mother

That werena my heart's licht, I wad dee.

The day it was set, and the bridal to be : The wife took a dwam and lay doun to dee ; She maned and she graned out o' dolour and pain, Till he vow'd he never wad see me again.

His kin was for ane of a higher degree, Said What had he do wi' the likes of me ? Appose I was bonnie, I wasna for Johnnie And werena my heart's licht, I wad dee.

They said I had neither cow nor calf, Nor dribbles o' drink rins thro' the draff, Nor pickles o' meal rins thro' the mill-e'e And werena my heart's licht, I wad dee.

may] maid. biggit] built. gait] way, path. hecht]

promised. titty] sister. dwam] sudden illness. appose]

suppose. pickles] small quantities.

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