The songs and poems of Robert Tannahill With biography, illustrations, and music |
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MY DEAR HIGHLAND LADDIE, O.
Blithe was the time when he fee'd wi' my faither, O,
Happy were the days when we herded thegither, O,
Sweet were the hours when he row'd me in his plaidie, O,
And vowed to be mine, my dear Highland laddie, O.
Happy were the days when we herded thegither, O,
Sweet were the hours when he row'd me in his plaidie, O,
And vowed to be mine, my dear Highland laddie, O.
But ah! waes me! wi' their sodgering sae gaudy, O,
The laird 's wysed awa' my braw Highland laddie, O;
Misty are the glens, and the dark hills sae cloudy, O,
That aye seemed sae blithe wi' my dear Highland laddie, O.
The laird 's wysed awa' my braw Highland laddie, O;
Misty are the glens, and the dark hills sae cloudy, O,
That aye seemed sae blithe wi' my dear Highland laddie, O.
The blaeberry banks now are lonesome and dreary, O,
Muddy are the streams that gushed down sae clearly, O,
Silent are the rocks that echoed sae gladly, O,
The wild melting strains of my dear Highland laddie, O,
Muddy are the streams that gushed down sae clearly, O,
Silent are the rocks that echoed sae gladly, O,
The wild melting strains of my dear Highland laddie, O,
He pu'd me the cranberry, ripe frae the boggy fen,
He pu'd me the strawberry, red frae the foggy glen,
He pu'd me the rowan frae the wild steep sae giddy, O,
Sae loving and kind was my dear Highland laddie, O.
He pu'd me the strawberry, red frae the foggy glen,
He pu'd me the rowan frae the wild steep sae giddy, O,
Sae loving and kind was my dear Highland laddie, O.
Farewell, my ewes! and farewell, my doggie, O,
Farewell, ye knowes! now sae cheerless and scroggie, O;
Farewell, Glenfeoch! my mammie and my daddie, O,
I will leave you a' for my dear Highland laddie, O.
Farewell, ye knowes! now sae cheerless and scroggie, O;
Farewell, Glenfeoch! my mammie and my daddie, O,
I will leave you a' for my dear Highland laddie, O.
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