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 (3) And keep him ſecure from all harms; Guardian angels now attend, My love for to defend And keep him ſecure from alarms; If in battle be be ſlain, All pleaſure I'll diſdain, I'If rove quite diſtracted and mad, There's none can eaſe my care, This loſs I cannot bear. Of my bonny bonny Highland lad. Firſt when my love-l'd ſeen, One day in Aberdeen, My ſenſes were raviſhed quite ; He was proper, ſtraight and tall, The comlieſt of them all, He's my only joy and delight; I near unto him drew His bonnet it was blue, He was dreſt in his tartans and plaid, A captive I became, And I think it no great ſhame, For my bonny bonny Highland lad. O if I knew but where To find any deareſt dear, I would range the wide world all o'er To ſea I would repair, Dreſſed in man's attire, To find out the youth I adore, Through lonely woods I'll ſtray, And flow'ry meadows gay,