English poem
Scotish Comic Ballads XLIX
by John Pinkerton (1845–1908)
Keep the country, bonnie lassie, Keep the country, keep the country; Keep the country, bonnie lassie, Lads will a gie gowd for ye; Gowd for ye, bonnie lassie, Gowd for ye, gowd for ye; Keep the country, bonnie lassie, Lads will a gie gowd for ye.