The birks of Abergeldie
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Bonie lassie, will ye go,
Will ye go, will ye go,
Bonie lassie, will ye go
To the birks of Aberfeldy?
Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes,
And o'er the chrystal streamlet plays;
Come let us spend the lightsome days
In the birks of Aberfeldy.
Bonie lassie, &c.
The little birdies blythely sing,
While o'er their heads the hazels hing,
Or lightly flit on wanton wing
In the birks of Aberfeldy.
Bonie lassie, &c.
The braes ascend like lofty wa's,
The foaming stream deep roaring fa's,
O'er-hung wi' fragrant spreading shaws,
The birks of Aberfeldy.
Bonie lassie, &c.
The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers,
White o'er the linns the burnie pours,
And rising weets wi' misty showers
The birks of Aberfeldy.
Bonie lassie, &c.
Let Fortune's gifts at random flee,
They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me,
Supremely best wi' love and thee
In the birks of Aberfeldy.
GLOSSARY
Birks = birch trees
Braes = hillsides
Shaws = woody groves by a water side
Linns = waterfalls
Submitted by Ferdinando Albeggiani
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Text added to the website: 2009-12-29.
Last modified: 2014-07-28 11:30:15
Line count: 28
Word count: 150
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