BRAES O’ BALQUIDDER
Geordie McIntyre and Alison McMorland
as sung on Rowan in the Rock (2001)

I will build my lover a bower
By yon clear siller fountain
An’ aroon it I will build
All the flooers o’ the mountain

Chorus
Will ye go lassie go
Tae the braes o' Balquidder
Whaur the blaeberries grow
Amang the bonnie purple heather

I will roam o’er glens
And bens sae eerie
An’ I'll bring back the spoils
Tae the airms o’ my dearie

Chorus

Noo its high Simmertime
An’ the flooers are a-bloomin
An’ the wild mountain thyme
On the breezes perfumin’

Whaur the deer an' the roe
Lichtly bound a' the gither
Sport the lang simmer days
On the braes o’ Balquidder

Chorus