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My Sandy gied to me a ring, / Was a' beset wi' diamonds fine; / But I gied him a far better thing, / I gied my heart in pledge o' his ring.
Chorus. -My Sandy O, my Sandy O, / My bonie, bonie Sandy O; / Tho' the love that I owe / To thee I dare na show, / Yet I love my love in secret, my Sandy O.
My Sandy brak a piece o' gowd, / While down his cheeks the saut tears row'd; / He took a hauf, and gied it to me, / And I'll keep it till the hour I die. / My Sand O, &c.