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Gold and titles give not health,
and Johnny cou'd not theſe imparts:
Youthfu' Mary's greateſt wealth
was fill her fatihfu' Johnay's heart;
Sweet the joys that lovers find,
great the treaſure, ſweet the pleaſure,
Where the beart is always kind
Chor. I own the burn and thro' the mead,
his golden locks war'd'er his brow,
Johnny, liling, tun“ his reed,
and Mary wip'd her bonny mou'.
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ORIGINAL of TWEEDSIDE.
WHen Maggy and me were acquaint,
I carry'd my noddle fu'hie,
Nae lint white en a' the green plain,
nor goudſpink ſae bonny as ſhe.
O whiſtled, I pip'd, and I ſang,
I woo'd, but I came rae great ſpeed,
Therefore I maun wan ler abroad,
avd lay my bares over the Tweed.
To Maggy my love I did tell,
ſaut tears did my paſſion expreſs;
Alas! for ( lo ed her oʻer well,
and the women lo'e ſic a man leſs.
Her heart was frozen and cauld,
her pride had my ruin decreed,
Therefore will wander abroad,
and lay my bares far frae the Tweed.
