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BONNIE BESSIE LEE.
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Bon-nie Bes-sie Lee had a face fa' o 1 smiles, And mirtli round her ripe lips was
aye danc-ing slee, And light was the foot-fa' and win-some the wiles
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gain wi' love for her sake— There was
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bon-nie Bes-sie Lee, There was life in the blithe blink o' bon-nie Bes-sie Lee.
She grat wi' the waefu' and laugli'd wi' the glad,
And light as the wind 'niang the dancers was she ;
And a tongue that could jeer, too, the little lassie had,
Whilk keepit aye her ain side for bonnie Bessie Lee.
And she whiles had a sweetheart, and whiles she had twa,
A glaikit bit lassie — but, atween you and me,
Her warm wee bit heartie she ne'er threw awa',
Though mony a ane had sought it frae bonnie Bessie Lee.
But ten years had gane since I gazed on her last,
For ten years had parted my auld hame and me,
And I said to mysel' as her mither's door I pass'd,
" Will I ever get anither kiss frae bonnie Bessie Lee? "
But time changes a' things — the ill-natured loon !
Were it ever sae rightly he'll no let it be ;
♦Parish, t Beat.