Lament 'im Mauchline husbands a', He aften did assist ye; For had ye staid whole weeks awa' Your wives they ne're had miss'd ye. Ye Mauchline bairns as on ye pass, To school in bands thegither ...

First printed in 1800 in the Currie edition, this song is in praise of six of Mauchline's most attractive young women, who have caught the poet's eye. 'Miss Miller' is Helen Miller, sister of the ...