[00:16.63]Could this ill world have been contriv'd
[00:21.07]to stand  without that mischief, woman,
[00:26.75]how peaceful bodies wou'd have liv'd,
[00:30.11]releas'd frae a' the ills sae common!
[00:35.65]But since it is the waefu' case,
[00:39.19]that man must have this teasing crony,
[00:42.35]why such a sweet bewitching face?
[00:48.71]Oh! had they no been made sae bonny!
[01:01.98]I might have roam'd wi' cheerful mind,
[01:05.43]nae sin nor sorrow to betide me,
[01:11.21]as careless as the wand'ring wind,
[01:14.54]as happy as the lamb beside me.
[01:20.29]I might have screw'd my tuneful pegs,
[01:23.63]and carol'd mountain airs fu' gayly,
[01:27.15]had we but wanted a' the Megs,
[01:33.74]wi' glossy e'en sae dark and wily.
[01:46.52]I saw the danger, fear'd the dart,
[01:49.79]the smile, the air, and a' sae taking,
[01:55.65]yet open laid my wareless heart,
[01:59.15]and got the wound that keeps me waking.
[02:04.88]My harp waves on the willow green,
[02:08.26]of wild witch notes it has nae ony,
[02:11.66]sinc' e'er I saw that pawky quean,
[02:18.16]sae sweet, sae wicked, and sae bonny.