of a' the airts the wind bw 注释标题 written during a separation from mrs. burns in their honeymoon. burns reparing a home at ellisnd; mrs. burns was at mossgiel.—ng.
tune—“miss admiral gordon's strathspey.”
of a' the airts the wind bw,
i dearly like the west,
for there the bonie ssie lives,
the ssie i lo'e best:
there's wild-woods grow, and rivers row,
and mony a hill between:
but day and night my fancys' flight
is ever wi' my jean.
i see her in the dewy flowers,
i see her sweet and fair:
i hear her iunefu' birds,
i hear her charm the air:
there's not a bonie flower that springs,
by fountain, shaw, reen;
there's not a bonie bird that sings,
but minds me o' my jean.