"I wadna pity your poor steed,

"Tho' it were tied to a thorn;

"For if ye wad gain my love the night,

"Ye wad slight me ere the morn.

"For I ken you by your weel-busked hat,

"And your merrie twinkling e'e,

"That ye're the laird o' the Oakland hills,

"An' ye may weel seem for to be."

"But I am not the laird o' the Oakland hills,

"Ye're far mista'en o' me;