Susanna Blamire

  • What ails this heart o’ mine?
      What ails this watery ee?
    What gars me a’ turn pale as death
      When I take leave o’ thee?
    When thou art far awa’,
      Thou ’lt dearer grow to me;
    But change o’ place and change o’ folk
      May gar thy fancy jee...

  • “and ye sail walk in silk attire,
      And siller hae to spare,
    Gin ye ’ll consent to be his bride,
      Nor think o’ Donald mair.”

    O, wha wad buy a silken goun
      Wi’ a puir broken heart?
    Or what ’s to me a siller croun
      Gin frae my love I...