“Whare live ye, my bonie lass?And tell me what they ca’ ye;”“My name,” she says, “is mistress Jean,And I follow the Collier laddie.”“My name, she says, &c.5
“See you not yon hills and dalesThe sun shines on sae brawlie;They a’ are mine, and they shall be thine,Gin ye’ll leave your Collier laddie.”“They a’ are mine, &c.10
“Ye shall gang in gay attire,Weel buskit up sae gaudy;And ane to wait on every hand,Gin ye’ll leave your Collier laddie.”“And ane to wait, &c.15
“Tho’ ye had a’ the sun shines on,And the earth conceals sae lowly,I wad turn my back on you and it a’,And embrace my Collier laddie.” “I wad turn my back, &c.19
“I can win my five pennies in a day,An’ spen’t at night fu’ brawlie:And make my bed in the collier’s neuk,And lie down wi’ my Collier laddie.” “And make my bed, &c.23
“Love for love is the bargain for me,Tho’ the wee cot-house should haud me;and the warld before me to win my bread,And fair fa’ my Collier laddie!”“And the warld before me, &c.28