Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 184. Song—The Birks of Aberfeldy |
| | | | | Tune—“The Birks of Abergeldie.” |
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| Chorus.—Bonie lassie, will ye go, | |
| Will ye go, will ye go, | |
| Bonie lassie, will ye go | |
| To the birks of Aberfeldy! | |
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| NOW Simmer blinks on flowery braes, | 5 |
| And o’er the crystal streamlets plays; | |
| Come let us spend the lightsome days, | |
| In the birks of Aberfeldy. | |
| Bonie lassie, &c. | |
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| While o’er their heads the hazels hing, | 10 |
| The little birdies blythely sing, | |
| Or lightly flit on wanton wing, | |
| In the birks of Aberfeldy. | |
| Bonie lassie, &c. | |
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| The braes ascend like lofty wa’s, | 15 |
| The foaming stream deep-roaring fa’s, | |
| O’erhung wi’ fragrant spreading shaws— | |
| The birks of Aberfeldy. | |
| Bonie lassie, &c. | |
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| The hoary cliffs are crown’d wi’ flowers, | 20 |
| White o’er the linns the burnie pours, | |
| And rising, weets wi’ misty showers | |
| The birks of Aberfeldy. | |
| Bonie lassie, &c. | |
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| Let Fortune’s gifts at randoe flee, | 25 |
| They ne’er shall draw a wish frae me; | |
| Supremely blest wi’ love and thee, | |
| In the birks of Aberfeldy. | |
| Bonie lassie, &c. | |
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