A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1771 - 1779 · Song

Montgomerie’s Peggy


Tune ·  Galla Water

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 armsI’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.
Year
1771 - 1779
Form
Song
Location
Mount Oliphant
Tune
Galla Water
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns