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.