mally's meek, mally's sweet
chorus—mally's meek, mally's sweet,
mally's modest and discreet;
mally's rare, mally's fair,
mally's every way complete.
as i was walking up the street,
a barefit maid i chanc'd to meet;
but o the road was very hard
for that fair maiden's tender feet.
mally's meek, c.
it were mair meet that those fine feet
were weel laced up in silken shoon;
an' 'twere more fit that she should sit
within yon chariot gilt aboon,
mally's meek, c.
her yellow hair, beyond compare,
comes trinklin down her swan-like neck,
and her two eyes, like stars in skies,
would keep a sinking ship frae wreck,
mally's meek, c.