XXXVIII.
Reading edition
BRAW LADS OF GALLA WATER.
Tune—“Galla Water.”
[Burns found this song in the collection of Herd; added the first verse, made other but not material emendations, and published it in Johnson: in 1793 he wrote another version for Thomson.]
CHORUS.
Braw, braw lads of Galla Water; O braw lads of Galla Water: I’ll kilt my coats aboon my knee, And follow my love thro’ the water.
I.
Sae fair her hair, sae brent her brow, Sae bonny blue her een, my dearie; Sae white her teeth, sae sweet her mou’, The mair I kiss she’s ay my dearie.
II.
O’er yon bank and o’er yon brae, O’er yon moss amang the heather; I’ll kilt my coats aboon my knee, And follow my love thro’ the water.
III.
Down amang the broom, the broom, Down amang the broom, my dearie, The lassie lost a silken snood, That cost her mony a blirt and bleary. Braw, braw lads of Galla Water; O braw lads of Galla-Water: I’ll kilt my coats aboon my knee, And follow my love thro’ the water.