William Soutar

The Trysting Place

O luely, luely, cam she in

And luely she lay doun:

I kent her be her caller lips

And jer breists sae sma' and roun'.

 

A' thru the night we spak nae word

Nor sinder'd bane frae bane:

A' thru the nicht I heard her heart

Gang soundin' wi' my ain.

 

It was about the waukrife hour

When cocks begin to craw

That she smool'd saftly thru the mirk

Afore the day wud daw.

 

Sae luely, luely, cam she in

Saie luely was she gaen;

And wi' her a' my simmer days

Like they had never been.