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Of a' the airts the wind can blawI dearly like the west,For there the bonie lassie lives,The lassie I lo'e best.There wild woods grow and rivers..

Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen,And sair wi' his love he did deave me;I said there was naething I hated like men:The deuce gae wi 'm to..

When Januar' wind was blawing cauld,As to the north I took my way,The mirksome night did me enfauld,I knew na whare to lodge till day:By my gude luck..

Behind yon hills, where Lugar flows,'Mang moors an' mosses many, O,The wintry sun the day has clos'd,And I'll awa to Nannie, O.The westlin wind blaws..

Inhuman man! curse on thy barb'rous art,And blasted by thy murder-aiming eye;May never pity soothe thee with a sigh,Nor never pleasure glad thy cruel..

All devil as I am-a damned wretch,A hardened, stubborn, unrepenting villain,Still my heart melts at human wretchedness;And with sincere but..

Is there for honest povertyThat hangs his head, an' a' that?The coward slave, we pass him byWe dare be poor for a' that.For a' that, an' a' that,Our..

Inscribed to Robert Aiken, Esq.Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,Their homely joys and destiny obscure;Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful..

On a bank of flowers in a summer dayFor summer lightly drest,The youthful, blooming Nelly lay,With love and sleep opprest;When Willie, wand'ring thro..

1 My heart is a-breaking, dear Tittie,2 Some counsel unto me come len';3 To anger them a' is a pity,4 But what will I do wi' Tam Glen?5 I'm thinking..

Tune - "The Braes o' Balquhidder."Chor. - And I'll kiss thee yet, yet,And I'll kiss thee o'er again:And I'll kiss thee yet, yet,My bonie Peggy..

The gloomy night is gath'ring fast,Loud roars the wild inconstant blast;Yon murky cloud is filled with rain,I see it driving o'er the plain;The..

1 Upon a simmer Sunday morn,2 When Nature's face is fair,3 I walked forth to view the corn4 An' snuff the caller air.5 The risin' sun owre Galston..

CA' the yowes to the knowes,   Ca' them where the heather grows,   Ca' them where the burnie rows,   My bonnie dearie.Hark! the mavis' evening..

O stay, sweet warbling wood-lark, stay,Nor quit for me the trembling spray,A hapless lover courts thy lay,Thy soothing fond complaining.Again, again..

KILMARNOCK wabsters, fidge an' claw,An' pour your creeshie nations;An' ye wha leather rax an' draw,Of a' denominations;Swith to the Ligh Kirk, ane..

Thou lingering star, with less'ning ray,That lov'st to greet the early morn,Again thou usherast in the dayMy Mary from my soul was torn.O Mary, dear..

O SAW ye bonnie LesleyAs she gaed o'er the Border?She 's gane, like Alexander,To spread her conquests farther.To see her is to love her,And love but..

Among the heathy hills and ragged woodsThe roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods;Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds,Where, thro' a shapeless..

1 It was a' for our rightful king2 That we left fair Scotland's strand;3 It was a' for our rightful king4 We e'er saw Irish land,5 My dear,6 We e'er..

Tune - "Laggan Burn."Here's to thy health, my bonie lass,Gude nicht and joy be wi' thee;I'll come nae mair to thy bower-door,To tell thee that I lo'e..

1 Duncan Gray came here to woo,2 Ha, ha, the wooin o't!3 On blythe Yule night when we were fou,4 Ha, ha, the wooin o't!5 Maggie coost her head fu..

O Thou, the first, the greatest friendOf all the human race!Whose strong right hand has ever beenTheir stay and dwelling place!Before the mountains..

As I was a-wand'ring ae morning in spring,I heard a young ploughman sae sweetly to sing;And as he was singin', thir words he did say, -There's nae..

Now Nature hangs her mantle greenOn every blooming tree,And spreads her sheets o' daises whiteOut o'er the grassy leaNow Pheebus cheers the crystal..