Lady Mary Ann.

Tune - "Craigtown's growing."


I.

    O, Lady Mary Ann
        Looks o'er the castle wa',
    She saw three bonnie boys
        Playing at the ba';
    The youngest he was
        The flower amang them a'
    My bonnie laddie's young,
        But he's growin' yet.

II.

    O father! O father!
        An' ye think it fit,
    We'll send him a year
        To the college yet:
    We'll sew a green ribbon
        Round about his hat,
    And that will let them ken
        He's to marry yet.

III.

    Lady Mary Ann
        Was a flower i' the dew,
    Sweet was its smell,
        And bonnie was its hue;
    And the langer it blossom'd
        The sweeter it grew;
    For the lily in the bud
        Will be bonnier yet.

IV.

    Young Charlie Cochran
        Was the sprout of an aik;
    Bonnie and bloomin'
        And straught was its make:
    The sun took delight
        To shine for its sake,
    And it will be the brag
        O' the forest yet.

V.

    The simmer is gane,
        When the leaves they were green,
    And the days are awa,
        That we hae seen;
    But far better days
        I trust will come again,
    For my bonnie laddie's young,
        But he's growin' yet.