BLOOMING JESSIE. On this unfrequented plain, N What can gar thee sigh alane, Bonnie blue-eyed lassie? Is thy mammie dead and gane? Wed anither, make nae main, Though I sob and sigh alane, Quo' the blue-eyed lassie : Ere he cross'd the raging sea Was he ever true to thee, Bonnie blooming lassie? Was he ever frank and free? Swore he constant ay to be? Did he on the roscid lee Ca' thee blooming Jessie? Ere he cross'd the raging sea, Ca'd me blue-eyed lassie : Far frae hame, and far frae thee, I saw loving Jamie die, Bonnie blue-eyed lassie : Fast a cannon ball did flee, Crying, "Blooming Jessie !" Swelling, with a smother'd sigh, Rose the snowy bosom high Of the blue-eyed lassie : Fleeter than the streamers fly, When they flit athwart the sky, Went and came the rosy dye, On the cheek of Jessie. Longer wi' sic grief oppress'd, See the blue-eyed lassie : Vow'd that he wad wed at last Bonnie blooming Jessie. K AYRSHIRE LASSES. MUSIC, BY THE EARL OF EGLINTOUN. THE bugle sounds the parting call, And I must bid farewell to all The bonny Ayrshire lasses O. CHORUS. Aye sae frank, and aye sae free, Cauld is he, wha e'er he be, That wad na lo'e them dearly O. Remembrance deep upon my mind Despondency impresses O, When I attempt to leave behind The bonny Ayrshire lasses O. Aye sae frank, &c. Although before me now I see The whole of wars distresses O, They seem not half so drear to me As leaving Ayrshire lasses O. Aye sae frank, &c. They may forget when I am gone, That wad na lo'e them dearly O. |