Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Leith | | Were Ye at the Pier o’ Leith? | | Anonymous |
| | | WERE ye at the pier o’ Leith? | |
| Or came in by Bannochie? | |
| Crossed ye at the boat o’ Craig?— | |
| Saw ye the lad wha courted me? | |
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| Short hose an’ belted plaidie, | 5 |
| Garters tyed below his knee; | |
| O, he was a bonnie lad, | |
| The blythe lad wha courted me! | |
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| O, weary fa’ the lang yellow broom, | |
| Gaur’d me gang kilted to the knee, | 10 |
| May the sleekie bird ne’er build a nest | |
| That sung to see the hawk wi’ me! * * * * * | | | | |
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