《Poems and Songs of Robert Burns》Song—o tibbie, i hae Seen the day

  song—o tibbie, i hae seen the day
  tune—“invercaulds reel, or strathspey.”
  choir.—o tibbie, i hae seen the day,
  ye wadna been sae shy;
  for laik o gear ye lightly me,
  but, trowth, i care na by.
  yestreen i met you on the moor,
  ye spak na, but gaed by like stour;
  ye geck at me because im poor,
  but fient a hair care i.
  o tibbie, i hae seen the day, &c.
  whening hame on sunday last,
  upon the road as i cam past,
  ye snufft and gae your head a cast—
  but trowth i caret na by.
  o tibbie, i hae seen the day, &c.
  i doubt na, lass, but ye may think,
  because ye hae the name o clink,
  that ye can please me at a wink,
  wheneer ye like to try.
  o tibbie, i hae seen the day, &c.
  but sorrow tak him thats sae mean,
  altho his pouch o coin were clean,
  wha follows ony saucy quean,
  that looks sae proud and high.
  o tibbie, i hae seen the day, &c.
  altho a lad were eer sae smart,
  if that he want the yellow dirt,
  yell cast your head anither airt,
  and answer him fu dry.
  o tibbie, i hae seen the day, &c.
  but, if he hae the name o gear,
  yell fasten to him like a brier,
  tho hardly he, for sense or lear,
  be better than the kye.
  o tibbie, i hae seen the day, &c.
  but, tibbie, lass, tak my advice:
  your daddies gear maks you sae nice;
  theil a ane wad speir your price,
  were ye as poor as i.
  o tibbie, i hae seen the day, &c.
  there lives a lass bes yon park,
  id rather hae her in her sark,
  than you wi a your thousand mark;
  that gars you look sae high.
  o tibbie, i hae seen the day, &c.