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9 How much unlike that gracefu' mein,
 * An' manly looks o' my Highland laddie.


 * O my bonny, bonny Highland laddie,
 * My handsome charming Highland laddie;
 * May heaven still guard, an' love reward
 * Our Lawland lass an' her Highland laddie.

If I were free at will to chuse,
 * To be the wealthiest Lawland lady,

I'd tak young Donald without trews,
 * Wi' bannet blue an' belted plaidy.
 * O my bonny, &c.

The brawest beau in borrows town,
 * In a' his airs, wi' art made ready,

Compar'd to him, he's but a clown;
 * He's finer far in 's tartan plaidy.
 * O my bonny, &c.

O'er benty hill wi' him I'll run,
 * An' leave my Lawland kin an' daddy;

rae winter's cauld an' summer's sun
 * He'll screen me wi' his Highland plaidy.
 * O my bonny, &c.

A painted room an' silken bed,
 * May please a Lawland laird an' lady

But I can kiss, an' be as glad,
 * Behind a bush in 's Highland plaidy.
 * O my bonny, &c.

New compliments between us pass,
 * I ca' him my dear Highland laddie;

An' he ca's me his Lawland lass,
 * Syne rows me in his Highland plaidy.
 * O my bonny, &c.

Nae greater joy I'll e'er pretend,
 * Than that his love prove true an' steady,

Like mine to him; which ne'er shall end,
 * While heaven preserves my Highland laddie.
 * O my bonny, &c.