there was a bonie lass

there was a bonie lass, and a bonie, bonie lass,

and she lo'ed her bonie laddie dear;

till war's loud alarms tore her laddie frae her arms,

wi' mony a sigh and tear.

over sea, over shore, where the cannons loudly roar,

he still was a stranger to fear;

and nocht could him quail, or his bosom assail,

but the bonie lass he lo'ed sae dear.