| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | The Ewe-Buchtin’s Bonnie | | By Lady Grisel Baillie (1665–1746) |
| | | THE EWE-BUCHTIN’S bonnie, baith e’enin’ and morn, | |
| When our blithe shepherds play on the bog-reed and horn; | |
| While we’re milking, they’re lilting, baith pleasant and clear; | |
| But my heart’s like to break when I think on my dear. | |
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| O the shepherds take pleasure to blow on the horn, | 5 |
| To raise up their flocks o’ sheep soon i’ the morn; | |
| On the bonnie green banks they feed pleasant and free, | |
| But alas, my dear heart, all my sighing’s for thee! | | | | |
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