The Bnie Lad Thats Far Awa
the bonie lad that's far awa o how i be blythe and glad, or how i gang brisk and braw, when the bonie lad that i lo'e best is o'er the hills and far awa! it's no the frosty winter wind, it's no the driving drift and snaw; but aye the tear es in my e'e, to think on him that's far awa. my father pat me frae his door, my friends they hae disown'd me a'; but i hae ane will tak my part, the bonie lad that's far awa. a pair o' glooves he bought to me, and silken snoods he gae me twa; and i will wear them for his sake, the bonie lad that's far awa. o weary winter soon will pass, and spring will cleed the birken shaw; and my young babie will be born, and he'll be hame that's far awa.