poortith cauld and restless love（1/1）

1793

poortith cauld and restless love

tune—“cauld kail in aberdeen.”

o poortith cauld, and restless love,

ye wrack my peace between ye;

yet poortith a' i could forgive,

an 'twere na for my jeanie.

chorus—o why should fate sic pleasure have,

life's dearest bands untwining?

or why sae sweet a flower as love

depend on fortune's shining?

the warld's wealth, when i think on,

it's pride and a' the lave o't;

o fie on silly coward man,

that he should be the slave o't!

o why, &c.

her e'en, sae bonie blue, betray

how she repays my passion;

but prudence is her o'erword aye,

she talks o' rank and fashion.

o why, &c.

o wha can prudence think upon,

and sic a lassie by him?

o wha can prudence think upon,

and sae in love as i am?

o why, &c.

how blest the simple cotter's fate!

he woos his artless dearie;

the silly bogles, wealth and state,

can never make him eerie,

o why, &c.