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The love melting kiss that I steal frae thy lips
Will keep me ay constant and true, lass,
An' ilk coming day be mair West than the past
An' ilka endearment renew, lass.

Then time may flee like wind, lass;
Its loss we ne'er shall find, lass;
The rose shat fades upon thy check,
Will flourish in thy mind, lass.

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CA' THE EWES TO THE KNOWES.

Ca' the ewes to the knowes,
Ca' them whare the heather grows,
Ca' them whare the burnie rows,
My bonnie dearie.

As I gaed down the water side,
There I met my shepherd lad,
He row'd me sweetly in his plaid,
And ca'd me his dearie.
Ca' the ewes, &c.

Will ye gang down the water side,
And see the waves sae sweetly glide
Beneath the hazels spreading wide,
The moon it shines fu' clearly.
Ca' the ewes, &c.

I was bred up at nae sic school,
My shepherd lad, to play the fool;