A second song from the bundle sent to James Johnson on April 24th, 1789. 'The title of the song, only, is old', he told the publisher, 'the rest is mine'. A simple enough little lyric in folk song ...
Nae gentle dames tho' ne'er sae fair Shall ever be my Muse's care; Their titles a' are empty show, Gie me my Highland Lassie, O. Within the glen sae bushy, O, Aboon the plain sae rashy ...