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1 | 1 | Ye banks | Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon, |
2 | 2 | How can ye bloom sae f | How can ye bloom sae fair? |
3 | 3 | How can ye chant, ye little birds, | How can ye chant, ye little birds, |
4 | 4 | And I sae | And I sae fu' o care! |
5 | Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, | ||
6 | That wantons thro' the flowering thorn: | ||
7 | Thou minds me o' departed joys, | ||
8 | Departed -- never to return! | ||
9 | 5 | ||
10 | 6 | Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird, | |
11 | 7 | T | That sings upon the bough; |
12 | 8 | Thou minds me o' the happy days | |
13 | 9 | | When mv fause love was true. |
14 | 10 | ||
15 | 11 | Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird, | |
16 | 12 | That sings beside thy mate; | |
17 | 13 | | For sae I sat, and sae I sang, |
14 | And wist na o' my fate. | ||
15 | |||
16 | Aft hae I rov'd by bonnie Doon | ||
17 | To see the woodbine twine, | ||
18 | And ilka bird sang o' its love; | ||
19 | And sae did I o' mine. | ||
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21 | Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, | ||
22 | Frae aff its thorny tree; | ||
23 | And my fause luver staw the rose, | ||
24 | But left the thorn wi' me. |
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