English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 336. Charlie Is My Darling |
| | | Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (1766–1845) |
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| ’TWAS on a Monday morning, | |
| Right early in the year, | |
| When Charlie came to our town, | |
| The young Chevalier. | |
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| O Charlie is my darling, | 5 |
| My darling, my darling— | |
| O Charlie is my darling, | |
| The young Chevalier! | |
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| As he cam’ marching up the street, | |
| The pipes played loud and clear, | 10 |
| And a’ the folk cam’ running out | |
| To meet the Chevalier. | |
| O Charlie is my darling, etc. | |
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| Wi’ Hieland bonnets on their heads, | |
| And claymores bright and clear, | 15 |
| They cam’ to fight for Scotland’s right, | |
| And the young Chevalier. | |
| O Charlie is my darling, etc. | |
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| They’ve left their bonnie Hieland hills, | |
| Their wives and bairnies dear, | 20 |
| To draw the sword for Scotland’s lord, | |
| The young Chevalier. | |
| O Charlie is my darling, etc. | |
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| O, there were mony beating hearts, | |
| And mony a hope and fear, | 25 |
| And mony were the prayers put up | |
| For the young Chevalier. | |
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| O Charlie is my darling, | |
| My darling, my darling— | |
| O Charlie is my darling, | 30 |
| The young Chevalier! | |
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