The Soldier's Return (2)/The Slighted Lover
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THE SLIGHTED LOVER.
She's jilted me, an' now I'm free To seek anither dearie;But ne'er again shall onie she,My bosom mak sae eerie.Her skin is white-her een are blue-But oh! she gaed wi' Johnie;An' gin to me she was na true,What is't to me how bonnie?
What tho' she's fair and unco fair,An' comely as she's bonnie?I still wad look for something mair,Than beauty in a cronie.My mither lo'ed the lassie weel,An' her consent wad gie me;But now for me she'll get the deil Before that she gets Jamie.
An' tho' I'm puir, an' unco puir,I think mysel' fu' cannie:She's aff to Jock out-owre the muir,Sae I'll awa' to Nannie.Let simple chiels tak’ tent an' fear Lest they sic jades discover,Wha wad, for sake o' warly gear,Slight a true-hearted lover.
FINIS.