The Field By The Lirk O' The Hill

"Lay me in yon place, lad,         The gloamin's thick wi' nicht;     I canna' see yer face, lad,         For my een's no richt,     But it's o"

"I     O gin I lived i' the gowden mune         Like the mannie that smiles at me,     I'd sit a' nicht in my hoose abune     An the wee-bit s"

"The weary, weary days gang by,         The weary nichts they fa',     I mauna rest, I canna lie         Since my ain bairn's awa'.     The so"

"There's a wind comes doon frae the braes when the licht is spreadin'         Chilly an' grey,     An' the auld cock craws at the yett o' the mui"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"