| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Roy’s Wife | | By Mrs. Elizabeth Grant of Carron (1745?–1814?) |
| | | ROY’S wife of Aldivalloch! | |
| Roy’s wife of Aldivalloch!— | |
| Wat ye how she cheated me | |
| As I cam’ o’er the braes o’ Balloch. | |
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| She vowed, she swore, she wad be mine, | 5 |
| She said she lo’ed me best of ony; | |
| But ah! the fickle, faithless quean, | |
| She’s ta’en the carle, and left her Johnnie. | |
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| O, she was a canty quean, | |
| Weel could she dance the Highland walloch; | 10 |
| How happy I, had she been mine, | |
| Or I been Roy of Aldivalloch! | |
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| Her hair sae fair, her e’en sae clear, | |
| Her wee bit mou’ sae sweet and bonnie; | |
| To me she ever will be dear, | 15 |
| Though she’s for ever left her Johnnie. | | | | |
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