[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

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TAM O
THE DOWN.
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An' dinna think a lassie loves
Whene'er you are sincere ;
You canna bid the wind to blow,
When nae wind flutters near.
" An' can ye force a maiden fair
To love you—na, na, na
Drumfairn Ann will ne'er be yours,
Till comes the dark blue snaw.
" An' ye'U look lang, lang to the north
Before that hour arrive
O never think on Drmiafairn Ann,
If e'er ye wish to thrive."
Thus did the kindly mother speak.
While tears did blin' her ee ;
An' while she gaz'd upon her son.
They drapt, drapt on her knee.
But love had bound the stripling's heart
Finn in its cruel chain ;
For all his mother said, her words
Fell on his ear in vain.
He went to see Drumfairn Ann,
When the moon rose 'yont the hill
But hooly, hooly came he back
His mither's door until.
His love met but a cauld return,
He got nae love ava ;
Whene'er he said he lik'd her weel.
She gied her auld gaffa.
His spirits sank to sad despair.
His form to skin an' bane :
In twa three weeks Tam o' the Down
Could hardly gang his lane.