Two Favourite Songs/The Bonny Boatman
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For other versions of this work, see The Bonny Scot.
THE BONNY BOATMAN.
Ye gales that gently wave the sea,
And please the canny boatman,
Bear me frae hence, or bring to me
My brave, my bonny Scot—man:
In haly bands
We join'd our hands,
Yet may not this discover,
While parents rate
A large estate,
Before a faithfu' lover.
And please the canny boatman,
Bear me frae hence, or bring to me
My brave, my bonny Scot—man:
In haly bands
We join'd our hands,
Yet may not this discover,
While parents rate
A large estate,
Before a faithfu' lover.
But I loor chuse in Highland glens
To herd the kid and goat—man,
Ere I cou'd for sic little ends
Refuse my bonny Scot—man.
Wae worth the man
Wha first began
The base ungen'rous fashion,
Frae greedy views
Lovers arts to use,
While stranger to its passion.
To herd the kid and goat—man,
Ere I cou'd for sic little ends
Refuse my bonny Scot—man.
Wae worth the man
Wha first began
The base ungen'rous fashion,
Frae greedy views
Lovers arts to use,
While stranger to its passion.
Frae foreign fields, my lovely youth,
Haste to thy longing lassie,
Who pants to press thy baumy youth,
And in her bosom hause thee.
Love gies the word,
Then haste on board,
Fair winds and tenty boatmen,
Waft o'er, waft o'er,
Frae yonder shore,
My blyth, my bonny Scot—man.
Haste to thy longing lassie,
Who pants to press thy baumy youth,
And in her bosom hause thee.
Love gies the word,
Then haste on board,
Fair winds and tenty boatmen,
Waft o'er, waft o'er,
Frae yonder shore,
My blyth, my bonny Scot—man.
FINIS.