The Tear-Drop
the tear-drop wae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e; lang, lang has joy been a strao me: forsaken and friendless, my burden i bear, and the sweet voice o' pity ne'er sounds in my ear. love thou hast pleasures, and deep hae i luv'd; love, thou hast sorrows, and sair hae i pruv'd; but this bruised heart that now bleeds in my breast, i feel, by its throbbings, will soo rest. oh, if i were—where happy i hae been— down by yon stream, and yon bonie castle-green; for there he is wand'ring and musing on me, wha wad soon dry the tear-drop that gs to my e'e.