Welcome Charlie o'er the main/Oh Nancy Wilt Thou Fly With Me

OH NANNY WILT THOU FLY WITH ME.

Oh Nanny, wilt thou fly with me,
nor sigh to leave the charming town,
Can silent glens have charms for thee,
the lowly cote and russet gown.
No longer drest in silken sheen,
no longer deck'd with jewels rare?
Say, canst thou quit the busy scene,
where thou wert fairest of the fair.
Where thou art fairest, where thou art fairest
where thou wert fairest of the fair.

Oh Nanny when thou'rt far awa,
do thou not cast a wish behind?
Say, canst thou face the flaky snaw,
nor shrink before the warping wind,
O can that saft and gentlest mien,
severest hardships learn to bear,
Nor, sad regret each courtly scene,

were thou wert fairest of the fair.

O Nanny can'st thou love so true,
thro‘ perils keen wi' me to gae,
Or when thy swain mishap shall rue,
to share wi‘ him the pangs o‘ wae.
And when invading pains befal,
wilt thou assume the nurse's care;
Nor wishful, those gay scenes recal,
where thou wert fairest of the fair.

And when, at last, thy love shall die,
wilt thou receive his parting breath,
Wilt thou repress each struggling sigh,
and cheer with smiles the bed of death.
And wilt thou o’er his much lov’d clay,
strew flowers, and drop the the tender tear,
Nor then regret those scenes so gay,
where thou wert fairest of the fair.