But here, alas! for me nae mair,
Shall birdie charm, or flow'ret smile;
Fareweel the bonnie banks of Ayr,
Fareweel, fareweel! sweet Ballochmyle!

1

WILLIE

WILLIE BREW'D A PECK O' MAUT.

O WILLIE brew'd a peck o' maut,
And Rob and Allan cam to see:
Three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night,
Ye wad na find in Christendie.

We are na fou, we're nae that fou,
But just a drappie in our e'e;

The cock may craw, the day may daw,
we'll taste the barley bree.

And

ay

Here are we met, three merry boys,
Three merry boys I trow are we ;
And mony a night we've merry been,
And mony mae we hope to be!

We are na fou, &c.

It

It is the moon, I ken her horn,
That's blinkin in the lift sae hie;
She shines sae bright to wyle us hame,
But by my sooth she'll wait a wee!
We are na fou, &c.

Wha first shall rise to gang awa',
A cuckold, coward loun is he!
Wha first beside his chair shall fa',
He is the king among us three!
We are na fou, &c.*

THE

* Willie, who "brew'd a peck o' maut," was Mr. William Nicol; and Rob and Allan were our poet and his friend Allan Masterton. This meeting took place at LAGGAN, a farm purchased by Mr. Nicol, in Nithsdale, on the recommendation of our bard. These three honest fellows-all men of uncommon talents, are now all under the turf. (1799.)

E.

THE BLUE-EYED LASSIE.

IGAED a waefu' gate, yestreen,
A gate, I fear, I'll dearly rue ;

I gat my

death frae twa sweet een,

Twa lovely een o' bonnie blue.
'Twas not her golden ringlets bright;
Her lips like roses, wat wi' dew,
Her heaving bosom, lily-white-
It was her een sae bonnie blue.

She talk'd, she smil'd, my heart she wyl'd, She charm'd my soul I wist na how;

And

ay
the stound, the deadly wound,
Cam frae her een sae bonnie blue.

But

But spare to speak, and spare to speed;
She'll aiblins listen to my vow:
Should she refuse, I'll lay my dead
To her twa een sae bonnie blue."

THE

* The heroine of this song was Miss J****, of Lochmaban. This lady, now Mrs. R*****, after residing some time in Liverpool, is settled with her husband in NewYork, North America.

E.