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021 Bonie Peg-a-Ramsay

Tune: Peggy Ramsay

1.

Cauld is the e'enin blast

O' Boreas o'er the pool,

An' dawin, it is dreary,

When birks are bare at Yule.

2.

O, cauld blaws the e'enin blast,

When bitter bites the frost,

And in the mirk and dreary drift

The hills and glens are lost!

3.

Ne'er sae murky blew the night

That drifted o'er the hill,

But bonie Peg-a-Ramsay

Gat grist to her mill.

Notes

Title Bonie Peg-a-Ramsay: Lovely Peg-a-Ramsay

Stanza 1

Line 2 Boreas: God of North Wind, strong cold wind

Line 4 birks are bare at Yule: birches are bare at the time of Christmas

Stanza 2

Line 1 blaws: blows

Line 3 mirk: darkness

Stanza 3

Line 1 sae: so

Line 4 Gat: got, carried; grist: corn