Song. Now bank and brae are claith'd in green | Now bank an' brae are claith'd in green

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Song. Now bank and brae are claith'd in green

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: FRE

Now bank an' brae are claith'd in green
  An' scatter'd cowslips sweetly spring,
By Girvan's fairy haunted stream
  The birdies flit on wanton wing. 
To Cassallis' banks when e'ening fa's, 
  There wi' my Mary let me flee,
There catch her ilka glance of love, 
  The bonnie blink o' Mary's e'e! 

The child wha boasts o' warld's wealth, 
  Is aften laird o' meikle care;
But Mary she is a' my ain,
  Ah, fortune canna gie me mair! 
Then let me range by Cassillis' banks,
  Wi' her the lassie dear to me,
And catch her ilka glance o' love,
  The bonnie blink o' Mary's e'e!

Confirmed with The Works of Robert Burns; containing his Life, by John Lockhart, Esq., New York: Robinson and Franklin, 1839, p. 141.

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song. Now bank and brae are claith'd in green" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "An Cassillis' Rande" ENG FRE SCO ; composed by Moritz Hauptmann, Eduard Kreuzhage.
Also set in Scottish (Scots), [adaptation] ; composed by Joseph Haydn.

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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-23
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