blythe hae i been on yon hill

tune—“the quaker's wife.”

blythe hae i been on yon hill,

as thembs before me;

careless ilka thought and free,

as the breeze flew o'er me;

now naenger sport and y,

mirth or sang can please me;

lesley is sae fair and coy,

care and anguish seize me.