Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

44 . The Mauchline Lady: A Fragment

WHEN first I came to Stewart Kyle,

My mind it was na steady;

Where’er I gaed, where’er I rade,

A mistress still I had aye.

But when I came roun’ by Mauchline toun,

Not dreadin anybody,

My heart was caught, before I thought,

And by a Mauchline lady.