| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | The Lovely Lass o’ Inverness | | By Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| | | THE LOVELY lass o’ Inverness | |
| Nae joy nor pleasure can she see; | |
| For, e’en to morn she cries ‘alas!’ | |
| And aye the saut tear blin’s her e’e. | |
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| ‘Drumossie moor, Drumossie day— | 5 |
| A waefu’ day it was to me! | |
| For there I lost my father dear, | |
| My father dear, and brethren three. | |
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| ‘Their winding-sheet the bluidy clay, | |
| Their graves are growin’ green to see: | 10 |
| And by them lies the dearest lad | |
| That ever blest a woman’s e’e! | |
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| ‘Now wae to thee, thou cruel lord, | |
| A bluidy man I trow thou be; | |
| For mony a heart thou hast made sair, | 15 |
| That ne’er did wrang to thine or thee!’ | | | | |
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