the highland balou

  hee balou, my sweet wee donald,

  picture o' the great clanronald;

  brawlie kens our wanton chief

  wha gat my young highland thief.

  leeze me on thy bonie craigie,

  an' thou live, thou'll steal a naigie,

  travel the country thro' and thro',

  and bring hame a carlisle cow.

  thro' the lawlands, o'er the border,

  weel, my babie, may thou furder!

  herry the louns o' the laigh countrie,

  syne to the highlands hame to me.