XVI.
Reading edition
BONNIE PEGGY ALISON.
Tune—“Braes o’ Balquihidder.”
[On those whom Burns loved, he poured out songs without limit. Peggy Alison is said, by a western tradition, to be Montgomery’s Peggy, but this seems doubtful.]
CHORUS.
I’ll kiss thee yet, yet, An’ I’ll kiss thee o’er again; An’ I’ll kiss thee yet, yet, My bonnie Peggy Alison!
I.
Ilk care and fear, when thou art near, I ever mair defy them, O; Young kings upon their hansel throne Are no sae blest as I am, O!
II.
When in my arms, wi’ a’ thy charms, I clasp my countless treasure, O, I seek nae mair o’ Heaven to share Than sic a moment’s pleasure, O!
III.
And by thy een, sae bonnie blue, I swear, I’m thine for ever, O!— And on thy lips I seal my vow, And break it shall I never, O! I’ll kiss thee yet, yet, An’ I’ll kiss thee o’er again; An’ I’ll kiss thee yet, yet, My bonnie Peggy Alison!