My wooer he caper'd as he'd been in drink,
And vow'd I was his dear lassie, dear lassie,
And vow'd I was his dear lassie.

I spier'd for my cousin fu' couthy and sweet, [asked, kindly]
Gin she had recover'd her hearin', [If]
And how her new shoon fit her auld shachl't feet-- [shoes, ill-shaped]
But, heavens! how he fell a swearin', a swearin'.
But, heavens! how he fell a swearin'.

He begged for gudesake I wad be his wife,
Or else I wad kill him wi' sorrow:
So e'en to preserve the poor body in life,
I think I maun wed him to-morrow, to-morrow, [must]
I think I maun wed him to-morrow.


FOR THE SAKE O' SOMEBODY

My heart is sair, I dare na tell, [sore]
My heart is sair for somebody;
I could wake a winter night,
For the sake o' somebody!
Oh-hon! for somebody!
Oh-hey! for somebody!
I could range the world around,
For the sake o' somebody.

Ye powers that smile on virtuous love,
O, sweetly smile on somebody!