SONG, WRITTEN FOR A WELCH MELODY. Joanna Baillie Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. Fugitive Verses. By Joanna Baillie, author of “Dramas on the Passions,“ etc. London Edward Moxon, Dover Street. MDCCCXL. 1840 pp. 367-368.

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SONG , WRITTEN FOR A WELCH MELODY . I'VE no sheep on the mountain , nor boat on the lake , Nor coin in my coffer to keep me awake , Nor corn in my garner , nor fruit on my tree , Yet the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me . Softly tapping at eve o her window I came , And loud bayed the watch-dog , loud scolded the dame ; For shame , silly Lightfoot ! what is it to thee , Though the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me ? The farmer rides proudly to market or fair , The clerk at the alehouse still claims the great chair , But , of all our proud fellows , the proudest I'll be , While the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me . For blythe as the urchin at holyday play , And meek as a matron in mantle of gray , And trim as a lady of gentle degree , Is the Maid of Llanwellyn , who smiles upon me .