The Sentimental Songster/Hey the Bonny Breast-Knots

HEY THE BONNIE BREAST-KNOTS.

⁠Hey the bonnie, ho the bonnie,
⁠Hey the bonnie breast-knots;
⁠Blithe and merrv were they a’
⁠When they put on their breast-knots;
There was a bridal in this toun,
And till’t the lasses a’ were boun’,
Wi’ mankie facings on their gown,
⁠And some o’ them had breast-knots.
⁠Singing, hey the bonuie, &c.

At nine o’ clock the lads convene,
Some clad in blue, some clad in green,
Wi’ shinin' buckles in their shoes.
⁠And flowers upon their waistcoats.

Out (illegible text) the wives a' wi' a phrase,
and wished the lasses happy days,
And muckle thought they o’ their (illegible text),
⁠Especially the breast-knots.
⁠Singing, hey the bonnie, &c.