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AM a rake and a rambling boy,

I'm lately come from Auchnacloy;

A rambling boy altho' I be,

I'll forsake them all and go with thee.

My father promis'd me houses and land,

If I would be at his command;

At his command, love, I ne'er will be,

I'll forsake them all and go with thee.

For houses and land they are but a plot,

Houses and land I do value not;

For houses and garden I will provide,

And have my darling down by my side.

Well doth he know I can shape and sew,

Well doth he know I can bake and brew,

I can wash his linen and dress them fine,

And yet he's gone and left me behind.

O Willie Baillie ye told me lies,

You'd build me castles up to the skies,

And every river should have a brigg,

And every finger a fine gold ring.

O Billy, Billy, I love thee well,

I love thee better than tongue can tell,

I love thee well tho' I dare not show it,

My dearest dear, let no man know it.