SngM Lrd A-Hunting
song—my lord a-hunting chorus.—my lady's gown, there's gairs upon't, and gowden flowers sae rare upon't; but jenny's jimps and jirki, my lord thinks meikle mair upon't. my lord a-hunting he is gone, but hounds or hawks wi' him are nane; by 's cottage lies his game, if 's jen hame. my lady's gown, c. my lady's white, my lady's red, and kith and kin o' cassillis' blude; but her ten-pund lands o' tude; were a' the charms his lordship lo'ed. my lady's gown, c. out o'er yon muir, out o'er yon moss, whare gor-cocks thro' the heather pass, there wons auld 's bonie lass, a lily in a wilderness. my lady's gown, c. sae sweetly move her genty limbs, like musiotes o'lovers' hymns: the diamond-dew in her een sae blue, where laughing love sae wanton swims. my lady's gown, c. my lady's dink, my lady's drest, the flower and fancy o' the west; but the lassie than a man lo'es best, o that's the lass to mak him blest. my lady's gown, c.