Song—This is no my ain lassie

Chorus—this is no my ain lassie,
  Fair tho, the lassie be;
Weel ken I my ain lassie,
  Kind love is in her e're.

I see a form, I see a face,
Ye weel may wi' the fairest place;
It wants, to me, the witching grace,
  The kind love that's in her e'e.
              This is no my ain, &c.

She's bonie, blooming, straight, and tall,
And lang has had my heart in thrall;
And aye it charms my very saul,
  The kind love that's in her e'e.
              This is no my ain, &c.

A thief sae pawkie is my Jean,
To steal a blink, by a' unseen;
But gleg as light are lover's een,
  When kind love is in her e'e.
              This is no my ain, &c.

It may escape the courtly sparks,
It may escape the learned clerks;
But well the watching lover marks
  The kind love that's in her eye.
              This is no my ain, &c.
Song—This is no my ain lassie

by Robert Burns, 1795
