Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LEWIE GORDON, by ALEXANDER GEDDES


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LEWIE GORDON, by                    
First Line: O send lewie gordon hame
Last Line: Ohone! My highlandman.
Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England; Soldiers


OSEND Lewie Gordon hame,
And the lad I daurna name!
Though his back be at the wa',
Here's to him that's far awa'.
Ohone! my Highlandman;
Oh! my bonnie Highlandman!
Weel wad I my true love ken
Amang ten thousand Highlandmen.

Oh! to see his tartan trews,
Bonnet blue, and laigh-heeled shoes,
Philabeg abune his knee! --
That's the lad that I'll gang wi'.
Ohone! my Highwayman.

Princely youth of whom I sing,
Thou wert born to be a king!
On thy breast a regal star
Shines on loyal hearts afar.
Ohone! my Highlandman.

Oh! to see the wished-for one
Seated on a kingly throne!
All our griefs would disappear,
We should hail a joyful year.
Ohone! my Highlandman.





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