The Book of Scottish Song/Jockie's ta'en the parting kiss

Jockie's ta'en the parting kiss.

[Burns.—Written for the Museum, to the old tune of "Bonnie lassie, tak' a man."]

Jockie's ta'en the parting kiss,
⁠Ower the mountains he is gane;
And with him is a' my bliss;
⁠Nought but griefs wi' me remain.
Spare my love, ye winds that blaw,
⁠Plashy sleets, and beating rain!
Spare my love, thou feathery snaw,
⁠Drifting o'er the frozen plain!

When the shades of evening creep
⁠Ower the day's fair gladsome e'e,
Sound and safely may he sleep,
⁠Sweetly blythe his waukening be!
He will think on her he loves,
⁠Fondly he'll repeat her name;
For, where'er he distant roves,
⁠Jockie's heart is still at hame.

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