Big Stag + 

Each Highland forester doth brag + 

That he hath seen a mighty stag, + 

But sportsmen they do think it strange, + 

He never comes within their range. + 

But the keeper, Donald McKay, + 

Says he saw it just the other day, + 

And though gents can’t it, dihcover, + 

It is there the same, whatever. + 

The last I saw of wondrous stag, + 

He was grazing near yon crag, + 

In company with hia dear doe, + 

They seemed to love each other so. + 

And playful sporting on the lawn, + 

’Long side of them their bonnie fawn; + 

I loved to see the creatures play, + 

From them I scarce could turn away. + 

My heart grew tender, I did lag + 

So long I could not shoot the stag, + 

And forest still he yet adorns, + 

With magnificent head of horns. + 

But I do fear some fatal day. + 

That some pot-hunter will him slay, + 

Who would be heedless of the woe + 

And sorrows of the fawn and doe. + 