Bonnie ran the burnie down,
Wandrin' and windin'
Sweetly sang the birds above
Care never mindin'.
The gentle summer wind 
was their music soft an' kind,
And it rock it them all in their bow'rs sea high
The mossy rock was there an the water lily fair 
an' little trout would sport about.
All in the sunny beam.

Bonnie ran the burnie down,
'Wandrin' an windin'
Sweetly sang the birds above 
care never mindin'.
Tho' summer days be lang an' sweet 
the birdies sang;
The wintry night an' chilly light 
keep aye their eerie round 
tho summer day be lang,
And sweet the birdies sang, 
The wintry night an' chilly light 
keep aye this eerie dream.

An' then the burnies 
like the sea roarin' 
an' reamin' nae wee bit 
songsters on the tree,
That wild birds screamin'.
Oh, that the past I might forget 
wandrin' an' weepin'
Oh, that neath the hillock green
Sound I were sleepin'.