When first I came to Stewart Kyle,My mind it was na steady;Where’er I gaed, where’er I rade,A mistress still I had aye.
But when I came roun’ by Mauchline toun,Not dreadin anybody,My heart was caught, before I thought,And by a Mauchline lady.
1784 · Song
The Mauchline Lady
Tune · I had a horse, I had nae mair
- Year
- 1784
- Form
- Song
- Location
- Mossgiel
- Tune
- I had a horse, I had nae mair
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns