The bonny lass o' Liviston Her name ye ken, her name ye ken; And ay the welcomer ye'll be, The farther ben, the farther ben, And she has it written in her contract To lie her lane, to lie her lane ...

According to Kingsley, this is a 'Burns reduction of a long romantic street ballad', and is another example of a Jacobite poem, this time ... to be with a 'bonie lass'. Modern readers may take ...