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title: "Montgomerie’s Peggy"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Song"
year: "1771 - 1779"
tune: "Galla Water"
location: "Mount Oliphant"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/montgomeries-peggy/"
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# Montgomerie’s Peggy

## Song
Altho’ my bed were in yon muir,  
Amang the heather, in my plaidie;  
Yet happy, happy would I be,  
Had I my dear Montgomerie’s Peggy.

When o’er the hill beat surly storms,  
And winter nights were dark and rainy;  
I’d seek some dell, and in my arms  
I’d shelter dear Montgomerie’s Peggy.

Were I a baron proud and high,  
And horse and servants waiting ready;  
Then a’ ’twad gie o’ joy to me,—  
The sharin’t with Montgomerie’s Peggy.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/montgomeries-peggy/