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OCH HEY, JOHNNIE LAD. Och hey, Johnnie lad ! Ye're up sae kind's ye should ha'e been, Och hey, Johnnie lad ! Ye didna a koep your tryst yerstreen, I waited lang beside the wood, Sae wae an' weary a' my lane;-? Och hey, Johnnie lad ! It was a waefu' night yestreen. I looked by the whinny knowe, I looked by the firs sae green, I looked owre the Spunkie howe, An' aye I thought ye wad ha'e been. The ne'er a supper crost my craig, The ne'er o sleep has closed my een;? Och hey, Johnnie lad ! Ye're no sae kind's ye should ha'e been. Gin ye war waitin' by the wood, It's I was wait in' by the thorn; I thonght it was the place we set, An' waited maist till dawning morn. But be nae vext my bonnie lassie; Let my waitin' stan' for thine; We'll awa to Craigton Shaw, An' seek the joys we tint yestreen.
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Probable period of publication:
1830-1850 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.178.A.2(110)
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