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 yell 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 yell 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 spent at night fu brawlie:
And make my bed in the colliers 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.
