The Singers' Companion/The Highland Minstrel Boy

THE HIGHLAND MINSTREL BOY

I ha’e wander’d mony a summer night,
Alang the banks of Clyde,
Beneath the moon’s sweet silv’ry light,
Wi’ Mary at my side.
A summer was she to mine e’e,
An’ to my heart a joy;
An’ weel she lo’ed to roam wi’ me,
Her Highland Minstrel boy.
I ha’e wander’d mony a summer night, &c.

Oh, her presence could on every star
New brilliancy confer;
And I thought the flowers were sweeter far
When they were seen with her.
Her brow was calm as sleeping sea,
Her glance was full o’ joy;
And, oh, her heart was true to me,
Her Highland Minstrel boy.
Oh, her presence could on every star, 8cc.

I ha’e play’d to ladies, fair and gay,
In mony a southrou hall;
But there was one far, far away,
A world above them all.
And now, tho’ weary years have fled,
I think wi’ mournfu’ joy
Upon the time when Mary wed
Her Highland Minstrel boy.
I ha’e play’d to ladies, fair and gay, &c.