I had a horse

Haydn, Joseph

I had a horse and I had nae mair,

I got him frae my daddy;

My purse was light, and my heart was sair,

But my wit it was fu' ready.

And sae I thought me on a time,

Out-wittens o' my daddy,

To fee myself to a lawland laird,

Wha had a bonny lady.