YE BANKS AND BRAES

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Cypress Choral Music · Ye Banks and Braes

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LYRICS

Ye banks and braes of bonnie Doon
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
How can ye chant ye little birds
While I sae weary, fu’ o’ care?

Ye’ll break my heart, ye warbling birds
That wanton through the flowery thorn
Ye mind me o’ departed joys
Departed never to return

Oft hae I roved by bonnie Doon,
To see the rose and woodbine twine
And ilka bird sang o’ all its joy
And fondly sae did I o’ mine

Wi’ lithesome heart I pulled a rose
Full sweet upon its thorny tree
And my fause lover staw my rose
But ah! he left the thorn wi’ me

Glossary:

braes – slopes
Doon – river in Ayrshire, Scotland sae – so
fu’ o’ – full of
wanton – play
mind – remind
Oft hae – often have
woodbine – honeysuckle
ilka – every
fondly – foolishly
wi’ – with
pu’d – pulled
fause – false
staw – stole