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Thread #58285 Message #2391555
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
17-Jul-08 - 01:35 PM
Thread Name: Origins: O the Shearing's Not For You
Subject: Lyr Add: KELVIN GROVE
Here are the words to the Kelvin Grove song. It sounds like this song is the first appearance of the tune.
They make a good song if you scrape off some of the frosting.
Let us haste to Kelvin Grove, bonnie lassie, O Thro' its mazes let us rove, bonnie lassie, O Where the roses in their pride Deck the bonnie dingle side Where the midnight fairies glide, bonnie lassie, O.
Let us wander by the mill, bonnie lassie, O To the cove beside the rill, bonnie lassie, O Where the glens rebound the call Of the roaring waters' fall Thro' the mountains rocky hall, bonnie lassie, O.
Oh, Kelvin banks are fair, bonnie lassie, O When the summer we are there, bonnie lassie, O There the Maypink's crimson plume Throws a soft but sweet perfume Round the yellow banks o' broom, bonnie lassie, O.
Tho' I dare not call thee mine, bonnie lassie, O As the smile of fortune's thine, bonnie lassie, O Yet with fortune on my side I could stay thy father's pride And win thee for my bride, bonnie lassie, O.
But the frowns of fortune lour, bonnie lassie, O On thy lover at this hour, bonnie lassie, O Ere you golden orb of day Wake the warblers on the spray From this land I must away, bonnie lassie, O.
Then farewell to Kelvin Grove, bonnie lassie, O And adieu to all I love, bonnie lassie, O To the river winding clear To the fragrant scented brier Even to thee of all most dear, bonnie lassie, O.
When upon a foreign shore, bonnie lassie, O Should I fall midst battle's roar, bonnie lassie, O Then, Helen, should'st thou hear Of thy lover on his bier To his memory shed a tear, bonnie lassie, O.