| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Tweedside | | By John Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale (1645–1713) |
| | | WHEN Maggie and I were acquaint | |
| I carried my noddle fu’ hie; | |
| Nae lintwhite on a’ the green plain, | |
| Nae gowdspink sae happy as me. | |
| But I saw her sae fair, and I lo’ed, | 5 |
| I wooed, but I cam’ nae great speed; | |
| So now I maun wander abroad, | |
| And lay my banes far frae the Tweed. | |
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| To Maggie my love I did tell, | |
| Saut tears did my passion express; | 10 |
| Alas! for I lo’ed her o’erweel, | |
| And the women lo’e sic a man less. | |
| Her heart it was frozen and cauld, | |
| Her pride had my ruin decreed; | |
| Therefore I will wander abroad, | 15 |
| And lay my banes far frae the Tweed. | | | | |
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