Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TWEEDSIDE, by LORD YESTER


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First Line: When maggie and I were acquaint
Last Line: And lay my banes far frae the tweed.
Subject(s): Love; Tweed (river), England And Scotland


WHEN Maggie and I were acquaint
I carried my noddle fu' hie;
Nae lintwhite on a' the green plain,
Nae gowdspink sae happy as me.
But I saw her sae fair, and I lo'ed,
I wooed, but I cam' nae great speed;
So now I maun wander abroad,
And lay my banes far frae the Tweed.

To Maggie my love I did tell,
Saut tears did my passion express;
Alas! for I lo'ed her o'erweel,
And the women lo'e sic a man less,
Her heart it was frozen and cauld,
Her pride had my ruin decreed;
Therefore I will wander abroad,
And lay my banes far frae the Tweed.





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