And asks me wi' an earnest e'e,

To be his bonny bride.

At sic a time I canna tell

What I to him might say,

But as I lo'e the laddie well,

I cudna tell him nae.

I'd say we twa as yet are young,

Wi' monie a day to spare,

An' then the suit should drap my tongue

That he might press it mair.