Burns' Popular Songs/O' a' the airts the Wind can blaw
O’ a’ the airts the Wind can blaw.
O' a' the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west,
For there the bonnie lassie lives,
The lassie I loe best:
There wild woods grow, and rivers row,
And mony a hill between;
But day and night my fancy's flight
Is ever wi’ my Jean.
I dearly like the west,
For there the bonnie lassie lives,
The lassie I loe best:
There wild woods grow, and rivers row,
And mony a hill between;
But day and night my fancy's flight
Is ever wi’ my Jean.
I see her in the dewy flowers,
I see her sweet and fair:
I hear her in the tunefu’ birds,
I hear her charm the air:
There's not a bonnie flower that springs
By fountain, shaw, or green,
There’s not a bonnie bird that sings,
But minds me o’ my Jean.
I see her sweet and fair:
I hear her in the tunefu’ birds,
I hear her charm the air:
There's not a bonnie flower that springs
By fountain, shaw, or green,
There’s not a bonnie bird that sings,
But minds me o’ my Jean.
Oh blaw, ye westlin’ winds, blaw saft
Amang the leafy trees,
Wi’ balmy gale, frae hill and dale
Bring hame the laden bees;
And bring the lassie back to me
That's aye sae neat and clean;
Ae smile o’ her wad banish care,
Sae charming is my Jean.
Amang the leafy trees,
Wi’ balmy gale, frae hill and dale
Bring hame the laden bees;
And bring the lassie back to me
That's aye sae neat and clean;
Ae smile o’ her wad banish care,
Sae charming is my Jean.
What sighs and vows amang the knowes
Hae passed atween us twa!
How fond to meet how wae to part,
That night she gaed awa!
The powers aboon can only ken,
To whom the heart is seen,
That nane ean be sae dear to me
As my sweet lovely Jean?
Hae passed atween us twa!
How fond to meet how wae to part,
That night she gaed awa!
The powers aboon can only ken,
To whom the heart is seen,
That nane ean be sae dear to me
As my sweet lovely Jean?