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Thread #109913   Message #2301190
Posted By: John MacKenzie
30-Mar-08 - 01:35 PM
Thread Name: Wild Mountain Thyme - Why doesn't it rhyme
Subject: RE: Wild Mountain Thyme - Why doesn't it rhy
Braes O' Balquhidder was written by Robert Tannahill site under construction.

The Braes O' Balquhidder



    Will ye go, lassie, go,
    To the braes o' Balquhidder?
    Where the blaeberries grow,
    'Mang the bonnie bloomin' heather;
    Where the deer and the roe
    Lightly bounding together,
    Sport the lang simmer day
    'Mang the braes o' Balquhidder.

    Chorus:
    Will ye go lassie, go,
    To the braes o' Balquhidder?
    Where the blaeberries grow,
    'Mang the bonnie bloomin' heather.

    I will twine thee a bower
    By the clear siller fountain,
    An' I'll cover it o'er
    Wi' the flowers o' the mountain;
    I will range through the wilds,
    An' the deep glens sae dreary,
    An' return wi' their spoils
    To the bower o' my dearie.

    Now the simmer is in prime,
    Wi' the flowers richly bloomin'
    An' the wild mountain thyme
    A' the moorlands perfumin',
    To our dear native scenes
    Let us journey together,
    Where glad innocence reigns
    'Mang the braes o' Balquhidder.

Robert Tannahill ( 1774-1810 )


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