Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
Roy’s Wife of Aldivalloch
By Mrs. Elizabeth Grant of Carron (c. 1745–c. 1814)R
Roy’s wife of Aldivalloch,
Wat ye how she cheated me
As I cam’ o’er the braes of Balloch?
She said she lo’ed me best o’ onie;
But, ah! the fickle, faithless quean,
She ’s ta’en the carl, and left her Johnnie.
Roy’s wife, etc.
An’ weel could dance the Hieland walloch!
How happy I, had she been mine,
Or I been Roy of Aldivalloch!
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Her wee bit mou’ sae sweet and bonnie!
To me she ever will be dear,
Though she ’s forever left her Johnnie.
Roy’s wife, etc.