
"Highlander"
(included in Ladies Valentines, 1811)
Nae muckle skill I claim to woo[e]
But winsome glee and [spirits] glad,
And can ye bonny Lassie [lo’e]
A [leel] and [sonsy] highland Lad,
And will ye change your Buskins [hal]
For homelier, warmer Tactan Plaid
And der the Hills and far awa’
Gang smiling wi’your highland Lad
And though, in Hall or Palace fair
Nae costly scents your senses greet;
Our mountains breathe a purer air
Our Birks and Gowans smell as sweet
But [give], sweet Lass another claim
The Heart that Donald [wad] hae blest,
May his be found as pure a Flame
As ever warm’d a Scottish Breast
Miss Studd