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THE
RANTIN HIGHLANDMAN.
Ae morn, laſt owk, as I gade out,
to flit a tether'd ewe and lamb,
I met (as ſkiffin o'er the green)
a jolly rantin' Highlandman:
His ſhape was neat, wi' features ſweet,
and ilka ſmile my favour wan;
I ne'er had ſeen ſae braw a lad
as this young rantin' Highlandman.
to flit a tether'd ewe and lamb,
I met (as ſkiffin o'er the green)
a jolly rantin' Highlandman:
His ſhape was neat, wi' features ſweet,
and ilka ſmile my favour wan;
I ne'er had ſeen ſae braw a lad
as this young rantin' Highlandman.
He ſaid, my dear, how came ye here
ſae early through the fields to gang?
Wad ye but gang alang wi' me,
an' wed a raatin' Highlandman,
In ſimmer days, on flowery braes,
when friſky is the ewe an' lamb,
I'ſe row ye in my tartan plaid,
fyne be your rantin' Highlandman.
ſae early through the fields to gang?
Wad ye but gang alang wi' me,
an' wed a raatin' Highlandman,
In ſimmer days, on flowery braes,
when friſky is the ewe an' lamb,
I'ſe row ye in my tartan plaid,
fyne be your rantin' Highlandman.
With hether-bells that finely ſmells,
I'll deck your hair ſae fair an' lang,
If ye'll conſent to ſcour the bent
wi' me, a rantin' Highlandman:
We'll big a cot an' buy a ſtock,
ſyne do the beſt that e'er we can;
Then come, my dear, ye needna fear
to truſt a rantin' Highlandman.
I'll deck your hair ſae fair an' lang,
If ye'll conſent to ſcour the bent
wi' me, a rantin' Highlandman:
We'll big a cot an' buy a ſtock,
ſyne do the beſt that e'er we can;
Then come, my dear, ye needna fear
to truſt a rantin' Highlandman.
