The Book of Scottish Song/Somebody 3

by Mr Gibson

For works with similar titles, see Somebody.

Somebody.

[Gibson.]

Cou'd I be glad or happy yestreen,
When somebody wasna there.
Cou'd I look blythe or cheery yestreen,
Alas! when my heart was sair.

What need I think or care about ane,
Wha maybe cares little for me;—
Ay! somebody's gotten my heart unsought,
An' what mair has a lassie to gi'e?

Somebody's words are wonderfu' words,
They're wonderfu' words to hear;
Somebody's words can lighten the heart,
Or fill the e'e wi' a tear.

They may say's they like, they may do's they li'ke,
An' somebody I may tine;
But I'll live's I am, an' I'll dee's I am,
If somebody mayna be mine.

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