Jamieson's Popular Ballads, 1, 126; "taken down by Dr.
Leyden from the recitation of a young lady, Miss Robson,
of Edinburgh, who learned it in Teviotdale."
| 1 |
'At Fyvie's yetts there grows a flower,
It grows baith braid and bonny;
There's a daisie in the midst o it,
And it's ca'd by Andrew Lammie. |
| 2 |
'O gin that flower war in my breast,
For the love I bear the laddie!
I wad kiss it, and I wad clap it,
And daut it for Andrew Lammie. |
| 3 |
'The first time me and my love met
Was in the woods of Fyvie;
He kissed my lips five thousand times,
And ay he ca'd me bonny,
And a' the answer he gat frae me,
Was, My bonny Andrew Lammie!' |
| 4 |
'Love, I maun gang to Edinburgh;
Love, I maun gang and leave thee!'
'I sighed right sair, and said nae mair
But, O gin I were wi ye!' |
| 5 |
'But true and trusty will I be,
As I am Andrew Lammie;
I'll never kiss a woman's mouth
Till I come back and see thee.' |
| 6 |
'And true and trusty will I be,
As I am Tiftie's Annie;
I'll never kiss a man again
Till ye come back and see me.' |
| 7 |
Syne he's come back frae Edinburgh
To the bonny hows o Fyvie,
And ay his face to the nor-east,
To look for Tiftie's Annie. |
| 8 |
'I hae a love in Edinburgh,
Sae hae I intill Leith, man;
I hae a love intill Montrose,
Sae hae I in Dalkeith, man. |
| 9 |
'And east and west, whereer I go,
My love she's always wi me;
For east and west, whereer I go,
My love she dwells in Fyvie. |
| 10 |
'My love possesses a' my heart,
Nae pen can eer indite her;
She's ay sae stately as she goes
That I see nae mae like her. |
| 11 |
'But Tiftie winna gie consent
His dochter me to marry,
Because has five thousand marks,
And I have not a penny. |
| 12 |
'Love pines away, love dwines away,
Love, love decays the body;
For love o thee, oh I must die;
Adieu, my bonny Annie!' |
| 13 |
Her mither raise out o her bed,
And ca'd on baith her women:
'What ails ye, Annie, my dochter dear?
O Annie, was ye dreamin? |
| 14 |
'What dule disturbd my dochter's sleep?
O tell to me, my Annie!'
She sighed right sair, and said nae mair
But, O for Andrew Lammie! |
| 15 |
Her father beat her cruellie,
Sae also did her mother;
Her sisters sair did scoff at her;
But wae betide her brother! |
| 16 |
Her brother beat her cruellie,
Till his straiks they werena canny;
He brak her back, and he beat her sides,
For the sake o Andrew Lammie. |
| 17 |
'O fie, O fie, my brother dear!
The gentlemen'll shame ye;
The Laird o Fyvie he's gaun by,
And he'll come in and see me. |
| 18 |
'And he'll kiss me, and he'll clap me,
And he will speer what ails me;
And I will answer him again,
It's a' for Andrew Lammie.' |
| 19 |
Her sisters they stood in the door,
Sair grievd her wi their folly:
'O sister dear, come to the door,
Your cow is lowin on you.' |
| 20 |
'O fie, O fie, my sister dear!
Grieve me not wi your folly;
I'd rather hear the trumpet sound
Than a' the kye o Fyvie. |
| 21 |
'Love pines away, love dwines away,
Love, love decays the body;
For love o thee now I maun die;
Adieu to Andrew Lammie!' |
| 22 |
But Tiftie's wrote a braid letter,
And sent it into Fyvie,
Saying his daughter was bewitchd
By bonny Andrew Lammie. |
| 23 |
'Now, Tiftie, ye maun gie consent,
And lat the lassie marry;'
'I'll never, never gie consent
To the trumpeter of Fyvie.' |
| 24 |
When Fyvie looked the letter on,
He was baith sad and sorry:
Says, The bonniest lass o the country-side
Has died for Andrew Lammie. |
| 25 |
O Andrew's gane to the house-top
O the bonny house o Fyvie,
He's blawn his horn baith loud and shill
Oer the lawland leas o Fyvie. |
| 26 |
'Mony a time hae I walkd a' night,
And never yet was weary;
But now I may walk wae my lane,
For I'll never see my deary. |
| 27 |
'Love pines away, love dwines away,
Love, love decays the body;
For the love o thee now I maun die;
I come, my bonny Annie!' |
