Till I gang to my shot-window,
An’ hear yon bonny bird’s song.
9.
9.2 ‘streen’ = yestreen, last evening.
‘Sing on, sing on, my bonny bird,
The song ye sang the streen,
For I ken by your sweet singin’,
You ’re frae my true-love sen’.’
10.
O first he sang a merry song,