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Sandy is a bonny boy,
 * And always is a wooing O!

Nor is he e'er too bold or coy,
 * Altho' he is so loving O!

Last night he press'd me to his breast,
 * And vow'd he'd ask my daddy O!

O dear! to wed me, he confess'd,
 * The Caledonian Laddie O!


 * My bonny, bonny Highland Boy,
 * My Caledonian Laddie O!

The maidens try, baith far and near.
 * To gain young Sandy over O;

But a' their arts I dinna fear,
 * He winna prove a rover O.

For sure he told me, frank and free,
 * Unkend to dad or mammy O!

He'd marry me, ah! nane but me,
 * The Caledonian Laddie O.
 * My bonny, &c.

The tither day frae Dundee fair,
 * He brought me hame a bonnet O,

A cap and ribbons for my hair,
 * But mark what soon came on it O.