THE DANDYLION CLOCK

Tune-"Days we went a-gipsying."

When wor aud toon was the aud toon,
Wi' mony a grassy nyuk,
And posies ivvoreewhere adorn'd
It like sum pikter-byuk;
We lay above the sighin' burn,
On hills ov fern and rock,
To blaw thraw balloon life away,
Maw "dandylion clock."

Two bonnie lasses and me-sel,
But bairns-dash! hoo we play'd
Wiv buttercups and daises pure,
And babby-hooses made.
Before the manly cares cam oot
To gie won's heart a shock,
We lay and blaw'd to tell the time-
The "dandylion clock."

Luk! the dear sunshine's teeming doon
Neagarrays of joy,
On Lizzie's bonnie curly heed,
Like dolls her lovin' toy.
It sparkles like the goold itsel-
Aw might hev had a lock
Is easy as aw blew for her
The "dandylion clock."

And there wis little Katie, tee,
Whe's figur aw wad paint;
But God saves me the trubbil noo,
He's tyun hur to the saint.
And Lizzie tee's an angel gud,
Iv her brite lalock frock;
Aw think aw see her blawin' yet
The "Dandylion clock."

-Alexander Hay, 1879