The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/Peg-a-Ramsey

by Robert Burns (1759-1796)

PEG-A-RAMSEY.

TUNE—'CAULD IS THE E'ENIN' BLAST.'

 

Cauld is the e'enin' blastO' Boreas o'er the pool,And dawin' it is drearyWhen birks are bare at Yule.

O bitter blaws the e'enin' blastWhen bitter bites the frost,And in the mirk and dreary driftThe hills and glens are lost.

Ne'er sae murky blew the nightThat drifted o'er the hill,But bonie Peg-a-RamseyGat grist to her mill.