Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake
Alexander Geddes (1737–1802)Lewie Gordon
O
And the lad I daurna’ name;
Although his back be at the wa’,
Here ’s to him that ’s far awa’.
My handsome, charming Highlandman!
Weel could I my true love ken,
Amang ten thousand Highlandmen.
Bonnet blue and laigh-heel’d shoes,
Philabeg aboon his knee!
That ’s the lad that I ’ll gang wi’.
Is fitted for to be a king;
And on his breast he wears a star,
You ’d take him for the god of war.
Seated on his father’s throne!
Our griefs would then a’ disappear,
We ’d celebrate the jub’lee year.