Love

My Luve's in Germany

by Hector Macneill 1746–1818

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, vol. 1 (1855–57)

Love

My luve 's in Germanie, send him hame, send him hame;
My luve 's in Germanie, send him hame;
My luve 's in Germanie,
Fighting brave for royalty:
He may ne'er his Jeanie see--
Send him hame.

He 's as brave as brave can be--send him hame, send him hame;
He 's as brave as brave can be--send him hame;
He 's as brave as brave can be,
He wad rather fa' than flee;
His life is dear to me--
Send him hame.

Your luve ne'er learnt to flee, bonnie dame, bonnie dame,
Your luve ne'er learnt to flee, bonnie dame;
Your luve ne'er learnt to flee,
But he fell in Germanie,
In the cause of royalty,
Bonnie dame.

He 'll ne'er come ower the sea--Willie 's slain, Willie 's slain;
He 'll ne'er come ower the sea--Willie 's gane!
He 'll ne'er come ower the sea,
To his love and ain countrie:
This warld 's nae mair for me--
Willie 's gane!

MLA

Macneill, Hector. “My Luve's in Germany.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/macneill/7/.

Chicago

Macneill, Hector. “My Luve's in Germany.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/macneill/7/.

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