Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
461 . SongCharlie, hes my Darling
’T
Right early in the year,
That Charlie came to our town,
The young Chevalier.
My darling, my darling, Charlie, he’s my darling, The young Chevalier. The city for to view, O there he spied a bonie lass The window looking through, An’ Charlie, &c. And tirl’d at the pin; And wha sae ready as hersel’ To let the laddie in. An’ Charlie, &c. All in his Highland dress; For brawly weel he ken’d the way To please a bonie lass. An’ Charlie, &c. An’ down yon scroggie glen, We daur na gang a milking, For Charlie and his men, An’ Charlie, &c.