SONGS

O LADDIE, CAN YE LEA ME!

O LADDIE, can ye lea me !
Alas ! twill break this constant heart !
There's nocht on earth can grieve me
Like this, that we must pairt.

Think on the tender vow you made
Beneath the secret birken shade,
And can you now deceive me !
Is a your luve but airt ?

[Semple 79]