William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.
Oh! Dinna Ask Me Gin I Loe TheeJohn Dunlop (17551820)
O
Troth, I dar’na tell:
Dinna ask me gin I lo’e ye—
Ask it o’ yoursel’.
For weel ye ken me true:
Oh, gin ye look sae sair at me,
I dar’na look at you!
And bonnier lassies see,
Oh, dinna, Jamie, look at them,
Lest you should mind na me!
That ye’d lo’e mair than me;
And oh, I’m sure my heart would break
Gin ye’d prove false to me!