Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
O, Gin I Were Where Gadie Rins!
By John Imlah (17991846)O,
Where Gadie rins, where Gadie rins,—
O, gin I were where Gadie rins
By the foot o’ Bennachie!
By border Nith, and highland Spey,
But dearer far to me than they
The braes o’ Bennachie.
And bid the burdies wag the wing,
They blithely bob, and soar, and sing
By the foot o’ Bennachie.
Wi’ licht o’ gow’d and leaves o’ green,
I fain would be where aft I ’ve been,
At the foot o’ Bennachie.
And barnyards stored wi’ stocks o’ corn,
’T is blithe to toom the clyack horn
At the foot o’ Bennachie.
O’er icy burn and sheeted hill,
The ingle neuk is gleesome still
At the foot o’ Bennachie.
Though a’ I loved be dead and gane,
I ’ll back, though I should live alane,
To the foot o’ Bennachie.
Where Gadie rins, where Gadie rins,—
O, gin I were where Gadie rins
By the foot o’ Bennachie!