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.