The Book of Scottish Song/When first I saw

When first I saw.

[From the Scotsman newspaper of 29th June, 1842.— Air, "Somebody." This song, we understand, is by Lieut. T. C. Gray, son of Captain Charles Gray, author of "Lays and Lyrics."]

When first I saw the witching smiles
That glanced frae e'e o' somebody,
Around my heart it cuist love's wiles—
That deep blue e'e o' somebody.
Ochon, for somebody!
Och hey, for somebody!
I'll ne'er forget that glamour'd glance
Shot frae the e'e o' somebody!

Soft glossy locks o' darkest brown
Adorn the brow o' somebody,
And hang in waving wimplers down
The snowy neck o' somebody.
Ochon, for somebody!
Och hey, for somebody!
Here Nature, in her simple guise,
A halo sheds round somebody!

And music, wi' its magic sound,
Attunes the voice of somebody,
When softly swell the words around—
"Oh, for the sake o' somebody!"
Ochon, for somebody!
Och hey, for somebody!
Nae strains to me are half sae sweet
As those I hear frae somebody I

For, as she chants that simple lay.
And sweetly sings o' somebody,
My heart, enraptured, borne away,
Responsive throbs to "somebody!"
Ochon, for somebody!
Och hey, for somebody!
Hope whispers I'm the happy man—
The dearly loved o" somebody!

Though fair her face, the artless mind
Is fairer far of somebody;
There, truth and innocence combined,
Add tenfold charms to somebody.
Ochon, for somebody!
Och hey, for somebody!
Gae range the world frae end to end,
Ye'll find nane like that somebody!

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