there was a bonie lass

    there was a bonie lass, and a bonie, bonie lass,

    and she lo'ed her bonie laddie dear;

    till war's loud alarms tore her laddie frae her arms,

    wi' mony a sigh and tear.

    over sea, over shore, where the cannons loudly roar,

    he still was a stranger to fear;

    and nocht could him quail, or his bosom assail,

    but the bonie lass he lo'ed sae dear.