The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/Peg-a-Ramsey
PEG-A-RAMSEY.
TUNE—'CAULD IS THE E'ENIN' BLAST.'
Cauld is the e'enin' blast
O' Boreas o'er the pool,
And dawin' it is dreary
When birks are bare at Yule.
O' Boreas o'er the pool,
And dawin' it is dreary
When birks are bare at Yule.
O bitter blaws the e'enin' blast
When bitter bites the frost,
And in the mirk and dreary drift
The hills and glens are lost.
When bitter bites the frost,
And in the mirk and dreary drift
The hills and glens are lost.
Ne'er sae murky blew the night
That drifted o'er the hill,
But bonie Peg-a-Ramsey
Gat grist to her mill.
That drifted o'er the hill,
But bonie Peg-a-Ramsey
Gat grist to her mill.