My dear,
Never to meet again.

When day is gane, and night is come,
And a' folk bound to sleep,
I think on him that's far awa',
The lee-lang night, and weep, [live-long]
My dear,
The lee-lang night, and weep.


COME BOAT ME O'ER TO CHARLIE

Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er,
Come boat me o'er to Charlie;
I'll gie John Ross another bawbee, [half-penny]
To boat me o'er to Charlie.

We'll o'er the water, we'll o'er the sea,
We'll o'er the water to Charlie;
Come weal, come woe, we'll gather and go,
And live or die wi' Charlie.

I lo'e weel my Charlie's name, [love]
Tho' some there be abhor him:
But O, to see auld Nick gaun hame, [going]
And Charlie's faes before him! [foes]

I swear and vow by moon and stars,
And sun that shines so clearly,