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146 Although she promised to be true,

She proven has, alake! unkind;

Which gars poor Jocky often rue,

That e'er he loved a fickle mind.

And it's over the hills and far away,

Over the hills and far away,

Over the hills and far away,

The wind has blawn my plaid away.

Now Jocky was a bonnie lad

As e'er was born in Scotland fair;

But now, poor man! he's e'en gane wud,

Since Jenny has gart him despair.

Young Jocky was a piper's son,

And fell in love when he was young;

But a' the springs that he could play,

Was o'er the hills, and far away.

And it's o'er the hills, &c.

He sung—When first my Jenny's face

I saw, she seem'd sae fu' of grace,

With meikle joy my heart was fill'd,

That's now, alas! with sorrow kill'd.

Oh! was she but as true as fair,

'Twad put an end to my despair;

Instead of that she is unkind,

And wavers like the winter wind.

And it's o'er the hills, &c.

Ah! could she find the dismal wae,

That for her sake I undergae,

She could nae choose but grant relief,

And put an end to a' my grief,

But, oh! she is as fause as fair,

Which causes a' my sighs and care;

But she triumphs in proud disdain,

And takes a pleasure in my pain.

And it's o'er the hills, &c.

Hard was my hap to fa' in love

With ane that does sae faithless prove;

Hard was my fate to court a maid,

That has my constant heart betray'd.

A thousand times to me she swore,

She wad be true for evermore;

But, to my grief, alake! I say,

She staw my heart and ran away.

And it's o'er the hills, &c.

Since that she will nae pity take,

I maun gae wander for her sake,

And, in ilk wood and gloomy grove,

I'll sighing sing, adieu to love!

Since she is fause whom I adore,

I'll never trust a woman more;

Frae a' their charms I'll flee away,

And on my pipe I'll sweetly play.

And it's o'er the hills, &c.

[ by for Thomson's collection, to the tune of "O'er the hills and far away."]