The Book of Scottish Song/The Campsie Lassie

The Campsie Lassie.

[Steele.—Tune, "Miss Forbes's Farewell."]

I'll ne'er forget yon bonnie glen,
'Mang Campsie fells sae vernal green,
For there I met the sweetest lass
Yon towering hills had ever seen.
The smile of love sat on her lips,
And twinkled in her sparkling e'e,
And while I fondly gazed on her,
I wish'd she had been born for me.

My thoughts are wandering 'mang yon braes,
And aye the lass I think I see,
Wha trippet o'er yon craggy rocks,
Ae joyful summer day wi' me.
There's nane can tell what's yet to come,
But round my heart I will entwine
The hope that time will bring the day,
When I can ca' yon lassie mine.

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