Blink over the burn, sweet Betty,
  Blink over the burn to me;
Blink over the burn, sweet Betty,
  An' I 'll gang alang wi' thee;
Though father and mither forbade it,
  Forbidden I wadna be;
Blink over the burn, sweet Betty,
  An' I 'll gang alang wi' thee.

The cheek o' my love 's like the rose-bud,
  Blushing red wi' the mornin' dew,
Her hair 's o' the loveliest auburn,
  Her ee 's o' the bonniest blue;
Her lips are like threads o' the scarlet,
  Disclosing a pearly row;
Her high-swelling, love-heaving bosom
  Is white as the mountain snow.

But it isna her beauty that hauds me,
  A glitterin' chain winna lang bind;
'Tis her heavenly seraph-like sweetness,
  An' the graces adornin' her mind;
She 's dear to my soul as the sunbeam
  Is dear to the summer's morn,
An' she says, though her father forbade it,
  She 'll ne'er break the vows she has sworn.

Her father's a canker'd auld carle,
  He swears he will ne'er gie consent;
Such carles should never get daughters,
  Unless they can mak them content;
But she says, though her father forbade it,
  Forbidden she winna be;
Blink over the burn, sweet Betty,
  An' I 'll gang alang wi' thee.