Lyr Add: Craigieburn Wood

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Craigieburn Wood
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 07 Oct 02 - 02:25 AM

Thanks Malcolm, Think it's an upgrade?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Craigieburn Wood
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 07 Oct 02 - 02:18 AM

Written 1795-6. The earlier set (1792) is in the DT: CRAIGIEBURN WOOD.

Subject: Lyr Add: Craigieburn Wood
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 07 Oct 02 - 02:05 AM

Here's another version of this Burns classic...


Sweet fa's the eve on Craigieburn,
And blythe awakes the morrow,
But a' the pride o' Spring's return
Can yeild me nocht but sorrow.
I see the flowers and spreading trees,
I hear the wild birds singing;
But what a weary wight can please,
And Care his bosom wringing?-

Fain, fain would I my grief's impart,
Yet dare na for your anger;
But secret love will break my heart,
If I conceal it langer.
If thou refuse to pity me;
If thou shalt love anither;
When yon green leaves fade frae the tree,
Around my grave they'll wither.-

'The Complete Songs of Robert Burns' -Linn Records CKD 099