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THE HIGHLAND LADDIE.
The lawlaml lads think they are fine,
But O! they're vain and idly gaudy;
How much unlike the gracefu' mien,
And manly looks of my Highland
laddie. ;
O my bonnie Highland laddie,
My handsome charming Highland lad¬
die;
May heaven still guard, arid love reward
The lawland lass and her highland laddie
IF I were free at will to choose,
To be the wealthiest Lawland lady,
I'd tak young Donald without trews,
With bonnet blue and belted plaidie.
O my bonny, &c.
The brawest beau in burrows town,
In a' hiS airs, wi' art made ready,
Compar'd to him, hc‘s but a clown,
He's finer far in's tartan plaidie.
O my bonny, &c.
O'er benty hill wi' him I'll run,
And leave iny lawland kin and daddie,
The lawlaml lads think they are fine,
But O! they're vain and idly gaudy;
How much unlike the gracefu' mien,
And manly looks of my Highland
laddie. ;
O my bonnie Highland laddie,
My handsome charming Highland lad¬
die;
May heaven still guard, arid love reward
The lawland lass and her highland laddie
IF I were free at will to choose,
To be the wealthiest Lawland lady,
I'd tak young Donald without trews,
With bonnet blue and belted plaidie.
O my bonny, &c.
The brawest beau in burrows town,
In a' hiS airs, wi' art made ready,
Compar'd to him, hc‘s but a clown,
He's finer far in's tartan plaidie.
O my bonny, &c.
O'er benty hill wi' him I'll run,
And leave iny lawland kin and daddie,
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Highland laddie > (2) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/108852042 |
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| Description | Pray, goody. Kate Kearney. With the answer. The fairest of the fair. Hal the woodman. Edinburgh : Printed for the booksellers, [1815-1825?]. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2816(9) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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