| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Oh! Dinna Ask Me Gin I Lo’e Thee | | By John Dunlop (1755–1820) |
| | | OH! dinna ask me gin I lo’e thee,— | |
| Troth, I dar’na tell: | |
| Dinna ask me gin I lo’e ye— | |
| Ask it o’ yoursel’. | |
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| Oh! dinna look sae sair at me, | 5 |
| For weel ye ken me true: | |
| Oh, gin ye look sae sair at me, | |
| I dar’na look at you! | |
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| When ye gang to yon braw, braw toun, | |
| And bonnier lassies see, | 10 |
| Oh, dinna, Jamie, look at them, | |
| Lest you should mind na me! | |
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| For I could never bide the lass | |
| That ye’d lo’e mair than me; | |
| And oh, I’m sure my heart would break | 15 |
| Gin ye’d prove false to me! | | | | |
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