II.
When the vanquish’d foe
Sues for peace and quiet,
To the shades we’ll go,
And in love enjoy it.
O mount and go,
Mount and make you ready;
O mount and go,
And be the Captain’s Lady.
LXXV.
OF A’ THE AIRTS THE WIND CAN BLAW
Tune—“Miss Admiral Gordon’s Strathspey.”
[Bums wrote this charming song in honour of Joan Armour: he archly says in his notes, “P.S. it was during the honeymoon.” Other versions are abroad; this one is from the manuscripts of the poet.]
I.
Of a’ the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west,
For there the bonnie lassie lives,
The lassie I lo’e best:
There wild-woods grow, and rivers row,
And mony a hill between;
But day and night my fancy’s flight
Is ever wi’ my Jean.
II.