The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/The Birks of Aberfeldy

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62985The Poetical Works of Robert Burns — The Birks of AberfeldyRobert Burns (1759-1796)

THE BIRKS OF ABERFELDY.

ChorusBonie lassie, will ye go, will ye go, will ye go,Bonie lassie, will ye go to the Birks of Aberfeldy?

Now simmer blinks on flowery braes,And o'er the crystal streamlet plays,Come let us spend the lightsome daysIn the Birks of Aberfeldy.Bonie lassie, &c.

While o'er their heads the hazels hing,The little birdies blithly sing,Or lightly flit on wanton wingIn the Birks of Aberfeldy.Bonie lassie, &c.

The braes ascend like lofty wa's,The foaming stream deep roaring fa's,O'erhung wi' fragrant spreading shaws,The Birks of Aberfeldy.Bonie lassie, &c.

The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers,White o'er the linns the burnie pours,And rising, weets wi' misty showersThe Birks of Aberfeldy.Bonie lassie, &c.

Let Fortune's gifts at random flee,They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me,Supremely blest wi' love and thee,In the Birks of Aberfeldy.Bonie lassie, &c.