Fareweel ye bughts

 1.
 Fareweel, ye bughts, an' all your ewes, 
An' fields whare bIoomin' heather grows; 
Nae mair the sportin' lambs I'll see 
Since my true love's forsaken me.
 

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Nae mair I'll hear wi' pleasure sing 
The cheerfu' lav'rock in the Spring, 
But sad in grief now I maun mourn, 
Far, far frae her, o'er Logan-burn.
 

2.
 Alas! nae mair we'll meetings keep 
At bughts, whan herds ca' in their sheep; 
Nae mair amang the threshes green 
We'll row, where we hae aften been.
 
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3.
 Nae mair for me , ye vi'lets blaw, 
Or lilies whiter than the snaw; 
Nae mair your pleasures I can bear, 
While I am absent frae my dear.
 
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4.
 I ken the cause of my hard fate; 
In courtin' her I was too blate; 
I never kiss'd my lass at a' 
But when we met an' gaed awa'.
 
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5.
 Oh could my tears again bring back 
The days now past, I'd no' be slack 
For ev'ry kiss she got before 
I wad gie to her now a score.
 
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6.
 O fortune I wad you favour me 
In some snug corner her to see.
 
My heart I wad to her reveal, 
An' in her arms my pardon seal.
 
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