Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne With a Memoir and Poems of Caroline Oliphant the Younger: Edited by the Rev. Charles Rogers ... With a Portrait and Other Illustrations |
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YE SPIRES OF BANFF. |
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YE SPIRES OF BANFF.
Ye spires of Banff, sae fair to see,
Now quickly fading frae my view,
Oh! when shall I return to thee,
How bid a sad, a long adieu?
'Tis duty calls me far away,
'Tis duty sends me owre the sea;
Tho' fond affection bids me stay—
Fareweel, fareweel, dear Banff, to thee!
Now quickly fading frae my view,
Oh! when shall I return to thee,
How bid a sad, a long adieu?
'Tis duty calls me far away,
'Tis duty sends me owre the sea;
Tho' fond affection bids me stay—
Fareweel, fareweel, dear Banff, to thee!
Oh! maun I cross the Moray Firth,
Where Souters guard fair Cromartie,
Frae the dearest, sweetest land on earth,
Soon, soon, owre soon, I'll parted be!
The waves are dancing in the sun,
The sail is spread, the breeze doth rise,
Frae a' that's dear we seem to run,
Fareweel, fareweel! to Scotland's skies!
Where Souters guard fair Cromartie,
Frae the dearest, sweetest land on earth,
Soon, soon, owre soon, I'll parted be!
The waves are dancing in the sun,
The sail is spread, the breeze doth rise,
Frae a' that's dear we seem to run,
Fareweel, fareweel! to Scotland's skies!
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