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.