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BESSIE BELL AND MARY GRAY.
Words by ALLAN RAMAY. Tune, -"Bessie Bell and Mary Gray"
0, Bessie Bell and Mary Gray,
They were twa bonnie lasses ;
They biggit a bow'r on yon burn-brae
And theckit it owre wi' rashes.
Bessie Bell I lo'ed yestreen,
And thocht I ne'er could alter ;
But Mary Gray's twa pawky een
Gar'd a' my fancy falter.
Bessie's hair's like a lint-tap,
She smiles like a May mornin',
When Phoebus starts frae Thetis' lap,
The hills with rays adornin';
White is her neck, saft is her hand,
Her waist and feet fu' genty,
With ilka grace she can command:
Her lips, O, wow! they're denty.
Mary's locks are like the craw,
Her een, like diamonds, glances :
She's aye sae clean, redd-up, and braw,
She kills whene'er the dances.
Blithe as a kid wi' wit at will,
She blooming, tight, and tall is,
And guides her airs sae gracefu' still;
o, Jove, she's like thy pallas!
Young Bessie Bell and Mary Gray,
Ye unco sair oppress us;
Our fancies jee between ye twa,
Ye are sic bonnie lasses.
Wae's me! for baith I canna get;
To ane by law we're stentit;
Then I'll draw cuts, and tak' my fate,
And be wi' ane contentit.
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TIBBIE DUNBAR.
Words by Burns. Air,-" Johnnie McGill" Keynote F.
O, wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar;
O, wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar;
Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car,
Or walk by my side, O sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
I carena thy daddie, his lands and his money,
I carena thy kin, sae high and sae lordly;
But say thou wilt hae me, for better for waur,
And come in thy coatic, sweet Tibbie Dunbar.
