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[ song first appeared in the Tea-Table Miscellany, vol. ii., 1725, with the initials W. W. attached, and its authorship is generally ascribed to of Walkinshaw, near Paisley. The hero of it is said to have been William Hamilton of Gilbertfield, Lanarkshire, the poetical correspondent of Ramsay, and author of the metrical Life of Sir William Wallace. Mr. David Laing even inclines to think that Hamilton was not only the hero but the real author of the song, and that the initials merely indicate his well-known sobriquet of Wanton Willie.]

[ luxurious description of a beauty first appeared in Cromek's Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song (London, 1810,) to which work it was contributed by as an old production.]

kames o' hinnie 'tween my luve's lips,

And gowd amang her hair:

Her breists are lapt in a holy veil;

Nae mortal een keek there.

What lips daur kiss, or what hand daur touch,

Or what arm o' luve daur span,

The hinnie lips, the creamy lufe,

Or the waist o' Lady Ann?

She kisses the lips o' her bonnie red rose,

Wat wi' the blobs o' dew;

But nae gentle lip, nor semple lip,

Maun touch her ladie mou'.

But a broider'd belt, wi' a buckle o' gowd,

Her jimpy waist maun span:

Oh, she's an armfu' fit for heeven—

My bonnie Lady Ann!

Her bower casement is latticed wi' flowers.

Tied up wi' siller thread;

And comely sits she in the midst,

Men's langing een to feed.

She waves the ringlets frae her cheek,

Wi' her milky milky han';

And her cheeks seem touch'd wi' the finger o' God,

My bonnie Lady Ann.