The Book of Scottish Song/There lives a young lassie
There lives a young lassie.
[This song, so favourably known to the public through the singing of Mr. Templeton and other eminent vocalists, is the production of John Imlah. It first appeared, about fifteen years ago, in a collection of pieces by him, entitled, "May Flowers. Poems and Songs, some in the Scottish Dialect." The music is by Joseph de Pinna.]
There lives a young lassie
Far down yon lang glen;
How I lo'e that lassie
There's nae ane can ken!
O! a saint's faith may vary.
But faithful I'll be;
For weel I lo'e Mary,
An' Mary lo'es me.
Red, red as the rowan
Her smiling wee mou';
An' white as the gowan
Her breast and her brow!
Wi' a foot o' a fairy
She links o'er the lea;
O! weel I lo'e Mary,
An' Mary lo'es me.
She sings sweet as onie
Wee bird of the air,
And she's blithe as she's bonnie.
She's guid as she's fair;
Like a lammie sae airy
And artless is she,
O! weel I lo'e Mary,
And Mary lo'es me!
Where yon tall forest timmer,
An' lowly broom bower,
To the sunshine o' simmer
Spread verdure an' flower;
There, when night clouds the cary,
Beside her I'll be;
For weel I lo'e Mary,
And Mary lo'es me.