Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.

Fife

Fife, an’ a’ the Land about It

By Alexander Douglas (1771–1821)

FIFE, an’ a’ the land about it,

Fife, an’ a’ the land about it;

May health an’ peace an’ plenty glad

Fair Fife, an’ a’ the land about it.

We ’ll raise the song on highest key,

Through every grove till echo shout it;

The sweet enchantin’ theme shall be,

Fair Fife, an’ a’ the land about it.

Her braid an’ lang extended vales

Are clad wi’ corn, a’ wavin’ yellow;

Her flocks an’ herds crown a’ her hills;

Her woods resound wi’ music mellow.

Her waters pastime sweet afford

To ane an’ a’ wha like to angle;

The seats o’ mony a laird an’ lord,

Her plains, as stars the sky, bespangle.

In ilka town an’ village gay,

Hark! Thrift her wheel an’ loom are usin’;

While to an’ frae each port an’ bay,

See wealthy Commerce briskly cruisin’.

Her maids are frugal, modest, fair,

As lilies by her burnies growin’;

An’ ilka swain may here repair,

Whase heart wi’ virt’ous love is glowin’.

In peace, her sons like lammies mild,

Are lightsome, friendly, an’ engagin’;

In war they ’re loyal, bauld, an’ wild

As lions roused an’ fiercely ragin’.

May auld an’ young ha’e meat an’ claes;

May wark an’ wages aye be plenty;

An’ may the sun to latest days

See Fife an’ a’ her bairnies canty.

Fife, an’ a’ the land about it,

Fife, an’ a’ the land about it;

May health an’ peace an’ plenty glad

Fair Fife, an’ a’ the land about it.