Now here’s the health to all true lovers
For here’s the health to where she be
For this very night I will go and see her
Although she lives many miles from me
Oh let this night be as dark as dungeon
And not one star to e seen above
I will walk every step without stumble
Safe into the arms of my own true love
When I arrived at my true love’s window
I dearly knelt upon a stone
And peering through a wee hole in the window
Cried “Hey bonnie Annie dae ye lie alone”
She lifted her head from her snow white pillow
She layed her hand on her lily-white breasts
And cried “Who is that at my bedroom window
Disturbing me from my long night’s rest”
“Tis I your love your ane true love laddie
Open the door and let me in
For I am tired of a long night’s journey
And besides I am drenched to the skin”
She opened the door with the greatest of pleasure
She opened the door and let me in
We both shook hands and embraced each other
Until the night was well spent in
The cocks may craw but I maun leave ye
The burns may row frae bank tae brae
But remember that I am just a plooman laddie
And the morn’s not an idle day
