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Sandy is a bonny boy,

and always is a wooing,

Nor is he e’er too bold or coy,

although he is so loving.

Last night he prest 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.

O, my bonny, bonny Highland boy,

my bonny, bonny Highland lad,

My bonny, bonny Highland laddie O,

my Caledonian laddie O.

The maidens try baith far and near,

to gain young Sandy over,

But all their arts I didna fear,

he winna prove a rover.

For sure he tal' me frank and free,

unknown to dad or mammy, O,

He'll marry me, ah! nane but me,

the Caledonian laddie, O. O my, &c.

The tother day from Dundee fair,

he brought me hame a bonnet,

A cap and ribbon for my hair,

but mark what soon came on it;

As late at kirk we somewhat stood,

in spite of mam or daddy, O,

He married me, do all I could,

the Caledonian laddie, O. O my, &c.