O no, sir, O no, sir, kind sir, she answered me,

For it's dabbling in the dew makes the milkmaids fair!

O fine clothes and dainties and carriages so rare

Bring grey to the cheeks and silver to the hair;

What's a ring on the finger if rings are round the eye?

But it's dabbling in the dew makes the milkmaids fair!

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BONNY LASSIE O!

O the evening's for the fair, bonny lassie O!

To meet the cooler air and walk an angel there,