Jestreen, when to the trembling string

The dance gaed through the lighted ha',

To thee my fancy took its wing—

I sat, but neither heard nor saw;

Though this was fair, and that was braw,

And you the toast of a' the town,

I sighed and said amang them a'

"Ye are na Mary Morison."

O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace,

Wha for thy sake wad gladly die;