Poem by Robert Nicoll

The Making o' the Hay

ACROSS the rigs we'll wander
    The new-mawn hay amang,
And hear the blackbird in the wood,
    And gie it sang for sang;—
    We'll gie it sang for sang, we will,
For ilka heart is gay,
    As lads and lasses trip alang,
At making o' the hay!

It is sae sweetly scented,
    It seems a maiden's breath;
Aboon, the sun has wither'd it,
    But there is green beneath;—
    But there is caller green beneath,
Come, lasses, foot away!
    The heart is dowie can be cauld,
At making o' the hay!

Step lightly o'er, gang saftly by,
    Mak' rig and furrow clean,
And coil it up in fragrant heaps,—
    We maun ha'e done at e'en;—
    We maun ha'e done at gloaming e'en;
And when the clouds grow gray,
    Ilk lad may kiss his bonnie lass
Amang the new-made hay.

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