The Book of Scottish Song/The Ladies' Evening Song

The Ladies’ Evening Song.

[James Hogg.]

O the glass is no for you,
Bonny laddie, O!
The glass is no for you,
Bonny laddie, O!
The glass is no for you,
For it dyes your manly brow,
An' it fills you roarin' fu',
Bonny laddie, O!

Then drive us not away
Wi' your drinkin', O!
We like your presence ma!r
Than you're thinkin' O'.
How happy will you be
In our blythesome companye,
Taking innocence and glee
For your drinking, O!

Now your e'en are glancing bright,
Bonny laddie, O!
Wi' a pure an' joyfu' light,
Bonny laddie, O!
But at ten o'clock at night,
Take a lady's word in plight,
We will see another sight,
Bonny laddie, O!

There's a right path an' a wrang,
Bonny laddie, O!
An' you needna argue lang,
Bonny laddie, O!
For the mair you taste an' see
O' our harmless companye,
Aye the happier you will be,
Bonny laddie, O!

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