Ither laddies may ha’s finer claes, and may be better fed,
But nane o’ them a’has sic a bonnie curly heid,
O sie a blythe blink in their e’e,
As my ain curly fair-hair’d laddie, Little Jamie.
When I gang oot tae tak’ a walk wi’ him, alang the Magdalen Green,
It mak’s my heart feel lichtsome tae see him sae sharp and keen,
And he pu’s the wee gowans, and gie’s them to me,
My ain curly fair-hair’d laddie, Little Jamie.
When he rises in the mornin’ an’ gets oot o’ bed,
He says, mither, mind ye’ll need tae toast my faither’s bread.
For he aye gie’s me a bawbee;
He’s the best little laddie that ever I did see,
My ain curly fair-hair’d laddie, Little Jamie.
When I gang oot tae tak’ a walk alang the streets o’ Dundee,
And views a’ the little laddies that I chance to see,
Nane o’ them a’ seems sae lovely to me,
As my ain curly fair-hair’d laddie, Little Jamie.
The laddie is handsome and fair to be seen,
He has a bonnie cheerie mou’, and taw blue e’en,
And he prattles like an auld grandfaither richt merrily;
He’s the funniest little laddie that ever I did see,
My ain curly fair-hair’d Iaddie, Little Jamie.
Whene’er that he kens I am coming hame frae my wark,
He runs oot tae meet me as cheerful as the lark,
And he says, faither, I’m wanting just a’e bawbee,
My ain curly fair-hair’d laddie, Little Jamie.
(William Topaz McGonagall)
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