The city for to view,

O, there he spied a bonnie lass

The window lookin' through.

Sae light's he jimpèd up the stair,

An' tirlèd at the pin;

An' wha sae ready as hersel

To let the laddie in?

He set Jenny on his knee,

A' in his Highland dress;

For brawlie weel he kenned the way