i love my love in secret
my sandy gied to me a ring,
was a' beset wi' diamonds fine;
but i gied him a far better thing,
i gied my heart in pledge o' his ring.
chorus.—my sandy o, my sandy o,
my bonie, bonie sandy o;
tho' the love that i owe
to thee i dare na show,
yet i love my love in secret, my sandy o.
my sandy brak a piece o' gowd,
while down his cheeks the saut tears row'd;
he took a hauf, and gied it to me,
and i'll keep it till the hour i die.
my sand o, c.