But dinna ye be saucy O!

Or a’ my love I winna tell

To thee, my black-e’ed lassie O!

It’s no’ thy cheeks o’ rosy hue,

It’s no’ thy little cherry mou’,

It’s a’ because thy heart’s sae true,

My bonnie black-e’ed lassie O!

“It’s no’ the witch glance o’ thy e’e,

Though few for that surpass ye O

That mak’s ye aye sae dear to me,