494. Jean

OF a’ the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west,
For there the bonnie lassie lives,
The lassie I lo’e best:
There wild woods grow, and rivers row,	5
And monie a hill between;
But day and night my fancy’s flight
Is ever wi’ my Jean.

I see her in the dewy flowers,
I see her sweet and fair:	10
I hear her in the tunefu’ birds,
I hear her charm the air:
There ‘s not a bonnie flower that springs
By fountain, shaw, or green;
There ‘s not a bonnie bird that sings,	15
But minds me o’ my Jean.

GLOSS: airts] points of the compass. row] roll.