Classic Poem

" I am gaing awa, Jeanie,
I am gaing awa;
I am gaing ayont the saut seas,
I'm gaing sae far awa."

" What will ye buy to me, Jamie?
What will ye buy to me?"
" I 'll buy to you a silken plaid,
And send it wi vanitie."

" That 's na love at a', Jamie,
That 's na love at a';
All I want is love for love,
And that 's the best ava.

" Whan will ye marry me, Jamie?
Whan will ye marry me?
Will ye tak me to your countrie,
Or will ye marry me?"

" How can I marry thee, Jeanie?
How can I marry thee,
Whan I 've a wife and bairns three?
Twa wad na weill agree."

" Wae be to your fause tongue, Jamie,
Wae be to your fause tongue;
Ye promised for to marry me,
And has a wife at hame!

" But if your wife wad dee, Jamie,
And sae your bairns three,
Wad ye tak me to your countrie,
Or wad ye marry me?

" But sin they 're all alive, Jamie,
But sin they 're all alive,
We 'll tak a glass in ilka hand,
And drink, Weill may they thrive!"

" If my wife wad dee, Jeanie,
And sae my bairns three,
I wad tak ye to my ain countrie,
And married we wad be."

" O an your head war sair, Jamie,
O an your head war sair,
I 'd tak the napkin frae my neck
And tie doun your yellow hair."

" I hae na wife at a', Jeanie,
I hae na wife at a';
I hae neither wife nor bairns three;
I said it to try thee."

" Licht are ye to loup, Jamie,
Licht are ye to loup;
Licht are ye to loup the dyke,
Whan I maun wale a slap."

" Licht am I to loup, Jeanie,
Licht am I to loup;
But the hiest dyke that we come to
I 'll turn and tak you up.

" Blair in Athol is mine, Jeanie,
Blair in Athol is mine;
Bonnie Dunkel is whare I dwell,
And the boats o Garry 's mine.

" Huntingtower is mine, Jeanie,
Huntingtower is mine,
Huntingtower, and bonnie Belford,
And a' Balquhither 's mine."