Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 401. Song—Meg o’ the Mill |
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| O KEN ye what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten, | |
| An’ ken ye what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten? | |
| She gotten a coof wi’ a claut o’ siller, | |
| And broken the heart o’ the barley Miller. | |
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| The Miller was strappin, the Miller was ruddy; | 5 |
| A heart like a lord, and a hue like a lady; | |
| The laird was a widdifu’, bleerit knurl; | |
| She’s left the gude fellow, and taen the churl. | |
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| The Miller he hecht her a heart leal and loving, | |
| The lair did address her wi’ matter mair moving, | 10 |
| A fine pacing-horse wi’ a clear chained bridle, | |
| A whip by her side, and a bonie side-saddle. | |
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| O wae on the siller, it is sae prevailin’, | |
| And wae on the love that is fixed on a mailen! | |
| A tocher’s nae word in a true lover’s parle, | 15 |
| But gie me my love, and a fig for the warl’! | |
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