The Book of Scottish Song/With waefu' heart

With waefu’ heart.

[Tannahill.—Air, "Sweet Annie frae the sea beach came."—Arranged by Smith.]

With waefu' heart, and sorrowing e'e,
I saw my Jamie sail awa';
O 'twas a fatal day to me,
That day he pass'd the Berwick Law:
How joyless now seem'd all behind!
I ling'ring stray'd along the shore;
Dark boding fears hung on my mind
That I might never see him more.

The night came on with heavy rain,
Loud, fierce, and wild, the tempest blew;
In mountains roll'd the awful main—
Ah, hapless maid! my fears how true!
The landsmen heard their drowning cries,
The wreck was seen with dawning day;
My love was found, and now he lies
Low in the isle of gloomy May.

O boatman, kindly waft me o'er!
The cavern'd rock shall be my home;
'Twill ease my burthen'd heart, to pour
Its sorrows o'er his grassy tomb
With sweetest flowers I'll deck his grave,
And tend them through the langsome year,
I'll water them ilk morn and eve,
With deepest sorrow's wannest tear.

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