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What {mA ye to the bonny bairn, my boy Tammy? 



I praib'd her ecn, fo lovely ilue, 



Her dimpled cheek, and cherry mou, — 



1 pree'd it aft as ye may true ; 



« She faid (he'd tell her mammy." 



I held her to my beating heart, my young my Imiling lammy! 



I hae a houfe, — it coft nie dear, 



I've walth o' pleniflian ajid geer, 



" Ye'le get it a', war't ten times mair, 



" Gin ye will leave your mammy." 



The fniile gade afF her bonny face, 



" I man na leave my mammy ; 



" She's gi'en me meat, (he's gi'en me claife; 



" She's been my comfort a' my days ; 

 " My faJier's death brought mony waes i 



" I can na leave my mammy.'' 



" We'll tak her hame, and mak her fain, 

 " My am kind hearted lammy ; 

 . " We'll gee her meat, we'll gee her claife, 

 " We'll be her comfort a' her days." 

 The wee thing ge'es her hand and fays, 

 " There ' gang and aik my mammy." 



Has fhe been to the kirk wi' thee, my boy Tammy i 



She has been to the kirk wi' me. 



And the tear was in her ee, — 



But O (he's but a young thing, juft come frae her mammy 



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