Poems and Songs By Robert Gilfillan. Fourth edition. With memoir of the author, and appendix of his latest pieces |
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O! THE GOWAN'S IN THE GLEN. |
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O! THE GOWAN'S IN THE GLEN.
O! the gowan's in the glen, and the winter is awa',
And through the budding birken tree the simmer breezes blaw,
And my heart is wi' my lassie, though my lassie's gane frae me,
O! my heart is wi' my lassie, for where else could it be!
And through the budding birken tree the simmer breezes blaw,
And my heart is wi' my lassie, though my lassie's gane frae me,
O! my heart is wi' my lassie, for where else could it be!
O! the simmer morn is sweet, wi' its sunshine and its dew,
But sweeter far my fairest, wi' her een o' clearest blue;
I'll welcome hame my lassie, for she's been lang frae me,
Ye'll get a blink o' beauty when ye my lassie see!
But sweeter far my fairest, wi' her een o' clearest blue;
I'll welcome hame my lassie, for she's been lang frae me,
Ye'll get a blink o' beauty when ye my lassie see!
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O! wi' her I'd fondly stray far frae the city's din,
Where the bonnie streamlets play, and the singin' burnies rin;
Where the laverock is piping his music in the cluds,
And the blackbird is pouring his wild notes in the woods!
Where the bonnie streamlets play, and the singin' burnies rin;
Where the laverock is piping his music in the cluds,
And the blackbird is pouring his wild notes in the woods!
O! her love is ever true, an' her heart is ever warm,
Her smile to nature's loveliness it adds anither charm;
O! the gowan's in the glen, an' the lily's on the lea,
An' my heart is wi' my lassie, where'er my lassie be!
Her smile to nature's loveliness it adds anither charm;
O! the gowan's in the glen, an' the lily's on the lea,
An' my heart is wi' my lassie, where'er my lassie be!
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