of a' the airts the wind can blaw 注释标题 written during a separation from mrs. burns in their honeymoon. burns was preparing a home at ellisland; mrs. burns was at mossgiel.—lang.
    tune—“miss admiral gordon's strathspey.”
    of a' the airts the wind can blaw,
    i dearly like the west,
    for there the bonie lassie lives,
    the lassie i lo'e best:
    there's wildwoods grow, and rivers row,
    and mony a hill between:
    but day and night my fancys' flight
    is ever wi' my jean.
    i see her in the dewy flowers,
    i see her sweet and fair:
    i hear her in the tunefu' birds,
    i hear her charm the air:
    there's not a bonie flower that springs,
    by fountain, shaw, or green;
    there's not a bonie bird that sings,
    but minds me o' my jean.