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 The people here so kind they were,

made me resolve here to abide,

For ever here I wish to live,

in Glasgow on the banks of Clyde.

But when I came unto the Cross,

such buildings I to you declare,

For beauty never yet was seen,

in number all at once was there,

From east so west I do protest,

from south to north on every side,

The streets do lie with buildings high,

in Glasgow on the banks of Clyde.

Likewise, which beautifies the town,

the goal is like a palace fair,

And just below a fine exchange,

where merchants they do all repair;

Where curiously, well mounted high,

King William doth on horseback ride,

All which does greatly beautify

this city on the banks of Clyde.

The music-bells, through woods and fells

repeat each quarter through the day,

When a's asleep with music sweet,

they cuirm the silent night away;

Those music-bells, through woods and fells,

do echo out on every side,

such melody can no where be,

like those on the banks of the river Clyde.