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OUR FAMILIAR SONGS. |
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Here are some stanzas which were found among Bums' papers, after his death. They are evidently the first form of " Bonnie Doon": |
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Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fair ? How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae f u' o' care ?
Thou'lt break my heart, thou bonnie bird,
That sings upon the bough ; Thou mindst me o' the happy days
When my fause love was true.
Thou'lt break my heart, thou bonnie bird, That sings beside thy mate; |
For sae I sat, and sae I sang, And wist nae o' my fate.
Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon, To see the woodbine twine;
And ilka bird sang o' its love, And sae did I o' mine.
Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, Frae aff its thorny tree;
And my fause lover staw the rose, But left the thorn wi' me. |
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The heroine of "Bonnie Doon" was Miss Kennedy, of Dalgarrock, whose false lover was one M'Dougal, of Logan. |
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