Five popular songs (1)/Fain Would I Be Young Johnnie's Bride

FAIN WOULD I BE YOUNG JOHNNIE’S BRIDE.

I like to gang by Candran side;
⁠For Johnie meets me there.
Fain would I be young Johnie's bride;
⁠This wish is a' my care;
But that I darena tell the lad—
⁠He would think me owre fain;
For mither frets and daddie threats,
⁠If I but name't to them.

When e'er I cross the door at e'en,
⁠There's fifty things to do;
The ewes to bught, the pails to clean,
⁠The ale to warm or brew.
A' wark is mine since Johnie came;
⁠And sneer'd at ilka turn;
Sare sare I mane, yet a' in vain,
⁠They're happiest when I mourn.

Yestreen he pass'd at trystin' time;
⁠ Then out to him I flew;
He tauld me that his heart was mine;
⁠And I'm sure 'tis true.
Sae I'll be true to ilka vow,
⁠Let mither flyte or fliug:
In Johnie's ha' ere Beltan blaw,
⁠I'll wear the bridal ring.