IV.
For
kindly though she be, nae doubt,
She
manna thole the marriage tether,
But
likes to rove and rink about,
Like
Highland cowt amo’ the heather:
Yet
a’ the lads are wooing at her,
Courting
her, but canna get her;
Bonny Lizzy Liberty, wow,
sae mony ’s wooing at her.
V.
It
’s seven year, and some guid mair,
Syn
Dutch Mynheer made courtship till her,
A
merchant bluff and fu’ o’ care,
Wi’
chuffy cheeks, and bags o’ siller;
So
Dutch Mynheer was wooing at her,
Courting
her, but cudna get her;
Bonny Lizzy Liberty has ow’r
mony wooing at her.
VI.
Neist
to him came Baltic John,
Stept
up the brae, and leukit at her,
Syne
wear his wa’, wi’ heavy moan,
And
in a month or twa forgat her:
Baltic
John was wooing at her,
Courting
her, but cudna get her;
Filthy elf, she ‘s nae
herself, wi’ sae mony wooing at her.
VII.
Syne
after him cam’ Yankie Doodle,
Frae
hyne ayont the muckle water;
Though
Yankie ’s nae yet worth a boddle,
Wi’
might and main he would be at her:
Yankie
Doodle ’s wooing at her,
Courting
her, but canna get her;
Bonny Lizzy Liberty, wow,
sae mony ’s wooing at her.
VIII.
Now
Monkey French is in a roar,
And
swears that nane but he sall hae her,
Though
he sud wade through bluid and gore,
It
’s nae the king sall keep him frae her:
So
Monkey French is wooing at her,
Courting
her, but canna get her;
Bonny Lizzy Liberty has ow’r
mony wooing at her.
IX.
For
France, nor yet her Flanders’ frien’,
Need
na think that she ’ll come to them;
They
‘ve casten aff wi’ a’ their kin,
And
grace and guid have flown frae them;
They
’re wooing at her, fain wad hae her,
Courting
her, but canna get her;
Bonny Lizzy Liberty, wow,
sae mony ’s wooing at her.
X.
A
stately chiel they ca’ John Bull
Is
unco thrang and glaikit wi’ her;
And
gin he cud get a’ his wull,
There
’s nane can say what he wad gi’e her:
Johnny
Bull is wooing at her,
Courting
her, but canna get her;
Filthy Ted, she ’ll
never wed, as lang ’s sae mony ’s wooing
at her.
XI.
Even
Irish Teague, ayont Belfast,
Wadna
care to speir about her;
And
swears, till he sall breathe his last,
He
’ll never happy be without her:
Irish
Teague is wooing at her,
Courting
her, but canna get her;
Bonny Lizzy Liberty has ow’r
mony wooing at her.