"And true and trusty will I be,
As I am Tiftie's Annie;
I'll never kiss a man again,25
Till ye come back and see me."
Syne he's come back frae Edinburgh,
To the bonny hows o' Fyvie;
And ay his face to the nor-east,
To look for Tiftie's Annie.30
"I ha'e a love in Edinburgh,
Sae ha'e I intill Leith, man;
I hae a love intill Montrose,
Sae ha'e I in Dalkeith, man.
"And east and west, where'er I go,35
My love she's always wi' me;
For east and west, where'er I go,
My love she dwells in Fyvie.
"My love possesses a' my heart,
Nae pen can e'er indite her;40
She's ay sae stately as she goes,
That I see nae mae like her.
"But Tiftie winna gi'e consent
His dochter me to marry,
Because she has five thousand marks,45
And I have not a penny.
"Love pines away, love dwines away,
Love, love, decays the body;
For love o' thee, oh I must die;
Adieu, my bonny Annie!"50
Her mither raise out o' her bed,
And ca'd on baith her women:
"What ails ye, Annie, my dochter dear?
O Annie, was ye dreamin'?
"What dule disturb'd my dochter's sleep?55
O tell to me, my Annie!"
She sighed right sair, and said nae mair,
But, "O for Andrew Lammie!"