I love a lassie, a bonnie, bonnie lassie,
She's as pure as a lily in the dell.
She's as sweet as the heather,
The bonnie, bloomn' heather,
Mary, my Scotch Blue-bell.
Source: Song, I Love a Lassie.
-- Harry Lauder, (Aug 4 1870-1950), Scottish comedian; He excited enthusiasm throughout the English-speaking world as singer and composer of simplehearted Scottish songs.