The calm dewy morning/I had a horse I had nae mair

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I HAD A HORSE

I had a horse, I had nae mair,
I got him frae my daddie;
My purse was light, my heart was sair,
But my wit it was fu ready.

So I bethought me on a time,
Outwitness o’ my daddy,
To fee himsel’ to a Lawland Laird,
Wha had a bonny lady.

I wrote a letter, and thus began;
“Madam, be not offended;
“I’m o’er the lugs in love wi’ you,
“And I care na thongh ye ken’d it.

"Ye might hae come to me soulsel’,
‘Outwittens o’ ony body,
“And made the Goughstsun o’ the laird,
“And kiss’d the bonny lady."

Then she pat siller in nay purse.
We drank wine in a coggie:
She feed a man to rub my horse,
And vow but I was vogie.

For I get little frae the laird,
“And far less frae my daddy;
“Yet I wad blythely be the man,
"Wad strive to please my laddy."

She read the letter, and she leugh,
"Ye needna been sae blate, man;
"Ye might hae come to me yoursel',
"And tauld me a you state, man.

But I ne'er gat sae sair a fleg
Since I came frae my daddie:
The laird cam rap rap to the yeti,
When I was wi' his lady!

Then she pat me behind a chair.
And happ'd me wi' a plaidy:
But, I was like to swarf wi' fear,
And wish'd me wi' my daddy.

The laird gaed out, he saw na me,
I staid till I was ready:
I promis'd, but I ne'er gaed back
To see his bonny lady.