Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
O, Leeze Me on the Bonnie Lass
By Robert Allan (1774–1841)O,
That I lo’e best o’ a’;
O, leeze me on my Marion,
The pride o’ Lockershaw.
O, weel I like my Marion,
For love blinks in her e’e,
And she has vowed a solemn vow,
She lo’es na ane but me.
Where doun the waters fa’;
The birds sing bonnie in the bower,
Where red, red roses blaw.
An’ there wi’ blythe and lightsome heart,
When day has closed his e’e,
I wander wi’ my Marion,
Wha lo’es na ane but me.
O, may it never fa’!
But blume aye like the fairest flower,
That grows in Lockershaw.
My Marion I will ne’er forget
Until the day I dee,
For she has vowed a solemn vow,
She lo’es na ane but me.