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1 | 1 | Yestreen I met you on the moor, | |
2 | 2 | Ye | Ye spake na, but gaed by like stoure ! |
3 | 3 | Ye geck at me because I'm poor, | |
4 | 4 | But t | But fient a hair care I. |
5 | O Tibbie! I hae seen the day | ||
6 | Ye wadna been sae shy; | ||
7 | For lack o' gear ye lightly me, | ||
8 | But trowth I care na by. | ||
5 | 9 | ||
6 | 10 | When comin hame on Sunday last, | |
7 | 11 | Upon the road as I cam past, | |
8 | 12 | Ye | Ye snufft an' gae your head a cast — |
9 | 13 | But | But, trowth, I care't na by ! |
14 | O Tibbie! I hae seen the day... | ||
15 | |||
16 | I doubt na, lass, but ye may think, | ||
17 | Because ye hae the name o' clink, | ||
18 | That ye can please me at a wink, | ||
19 | Whene'er ye like to try. | ||
20 | O Tibbie! I hae seen the day... | ||
10 | 21 | ||
11 | 22 | But sorrow tak' him that's sae mean, | |
12 | 23 | Although his pouch o' coin were clean, | |
13 | 24 | Wha follows ony saucy quean | |
14 | 25 | That looks sae proud and high ! | |
26 | O Tibbie! I hae seen the day... | ||
15 | 27 | ||
16 | 28 | Although a lad were e'er sae smart, | |
17 | 29 | If he but want the yellow dirt, | |
18 | 30 | Ye'll cast your head anither airt, | |
19 | 31 | And answer him fu' dry. | |
32 | O Tibbie! I hae seen the day... | ||
20 | 33 | ||
21 | 34 | But | But if he hae the name o' gear, |
22 | 35 | Ye'll fasten to him like a brier, | |
23 | 36 | Tho' hardly he, for sense or lear, | |
24 | 37 | Be better than the kye. | |
38 | O Tibbie! I hae seen the day... | ||
25 | 39 | ||
26 | 40 | But Tibbie, lass, tak' my advice: | |
27 | 41 | Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice, | |
28 | 42 | The deil a ane would speir your price, | |
29 | 43 | Were ye as poor as I. | |
44 | O Tibbie! I hae seen the day... | ||
30 | 45 | ||
31 | 46 | There lives a lass in beside yon park, | |
32 | Ye'll fasten to him like a breer | ||
33 | Tho' hardly he for sense or lear | ||
34 | Be better than the ky - | ||
35 | |||
36 | But Tibbie lass tak' my advice | ||
37 | Your daddie's gear mak's you sae nice | ||
38 | The de'il a ane wad speir your price | ||
39 | Were ye as poor as I - | ||
40 | |||
41 | There lives a lass beside yon park | ||
42 | 47 | I'd rather hae her in her sark | I'd rather hae her in her sark |
43 | 48 | Than you wi' a' your thousand mark | Than you wi' a' your thousand mark, |
44 | 49 | That gars you look sae high | That gars you look sae high. |
45 | 50 | O Tibbie! I hae seen the day... | |
46 | An' Tibbie I hae seen the day | ||
47 | Ye wadna been sae shy | ||
48 | An' for laik o' gear ye lightly me | ||
49 | But fien' a hair care I. |
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