[colt]
Out-owre the lay. [Across, lea]

Tho' now thou's dowie, stiff, an' crazy, [drooping]
An' thy auld hide's as white's a daisie,
I've seen thee dappled, sleek, an' glaizie, [glossy]
A bonnie gray:
He should been tight that daur't to raize thee, [excite]
Ance in a day. [Once]

Thou ance was i' the foremost rank,
A filly buirdly, steeve, an' swank, [stately, compact, limber]
An' set weel down a shapely shank,
As e'er tread yird; [earth]
An' could hae flown out-owre a stank, [pool]
Like ony bird.

It's now some nine-an-twenty year,
Sin' thou was my guid-father's meere;
He gied me thee, o' tocher dear, [as dowry]
An' fifty mark;
Tho' it was sma', 'twas weel-won gear, [wealth]
An' thou was stark. [strong]

When first I gaed to woo my Jenny,
Ye then was trottin' wi' your minnie: [mother]
Tho' ye was trickie, slee, an' funnie, [sly]
Ye ne'er was donsie; [unmanageable]
But hamely, tawie, quiet, an' cannie, [tractable, good tempered]
An' unco sonsie. [very attractive]

That day ye pranc'd wi' muckle pride [much]
When ye bure hame my bonnie bride; [bore]
An' sweet an' gracefu' she did ride,
Wi' maiden air!
Kyle-Stewart I could bragged wide [have challenged]
For sic a pair.

Tho' now ye dow but hoyte and hobble, [can only halt]
An' wintle like a saumont-coble, [stagger, salmon-boat]
That day ye was a jinker noble [goer]
For heels an' win'! [wind]
An' ran them till they a' did wobble
Far, far behin'.

When thou an' I were young and skeigh,