for beauty and fortune the laddie's been courtin;

weel-featur'd, weel-tocher'd, weel-mounted an' braw;

but chiefly the siller that gars him gang till her,

the penny's the jewel that beautifies a'.

there's meg wi' the mailen that fain wad a haen him,

and susie, wha's daddie was laird o' the ha';

there's lang-tocher'd nancy maist fetters his fancy,

—but the laddie's dear sel', he loes dearest of a'.