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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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