for beauty and fortune the laddie's been courtin;
weel-featur'd, weel-tocher'd, weel-mounted an' braw;
but chiefly the siller that gars him gang till her,
the penny's the jewel that beautifies a'.
there's meg wi' the mailen that fain wad a haen him,
and susie, wha's daddie was laird o' the ha';
there's lang-tocher'd nancy maist fetters his fancy,
—but the laddie's dear sel', he loes dearest of a'.