Ither laddies may ha's finer claes, and may be better fed, <br />But nane o' them a'has sic a bonnie curly heid, <br />O sie a blythe blink in their e'e, <br />As my ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie. <br /> <br />When I gang oot tae tak' a walk wi' him, alang the Magdalen Green, <br />It mak's my heart feel lichtsome tae see him sae sharp and keen, <br />And he pu's the wee gowans, and gie's them to me, <br />My ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie. <br /> <br />When he rises in the mornin' an' gets oot o' bed, <br />He says, mither, mind ye'll need tae toast my faither's bread. <br />For he aye gie's me a bawbee; <br />He's the best little laddie that ever I did see, <br />My ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie. <br /> <br />When I gang oot tae tak' a walk alang the streets o' Dundee, <br />And views a' the little laddies that I chance to see, <br />Nane o' them a' seems sae lovely to me, <br />As my ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie. <br /> <br />The laddie is handsome and fair to be seen, <br />He has a bonnie cheerie mou', and taw blue e'en, <br />And he prattles like an auld grandfaither richt merrily; <br />He's the funniest little laddie that ever I did see, <br />My ain curly fair-hair'd Iaddie, Little Jamie. <br /> <br />Whene'er that he kens I am coming hame frae my wark, <br />He runs oot tae meet me as cheerful as the lark, <br />And he says, faither, I'm wanting just a'e bawbee, <br />My ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie.<br /><br />William Topaz McGonagall<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/little-jamie/
