Bonny Wood of Craigielee.
By Tannahill.
Thou bonny Wood of Craigielee,
Thou bonny Wood of Craigielee,
Near thee I spent life's early day,
And won my Mary's heart in thee.
Thou bonny Wood of Craigielee,
Near thee I spent life's early day,
And won my Mary's heart in thee.
The broom, the bri'r, the birken bush,
Bloom bonny o'er thy flow'ry lea;
An' a' the sweets that ane can wish,
Frae Nature's hau', are strew'd od thee.
Bloom bonny o'er thy flow'ry lea;
An' a' the sweets that ane can wish,
Frae Nature's hau', are strew'd od thee.
Thou bonny Wood, &c.
Far ben thy dark green plantin's shade,
The Cushat croodles am'rously,
The Mavis down thy bughted glade,
Gars echo ring frae ev'ry tree.
The Cushat croodles am'rously,
The Mavis down thy bughted glade,
Gars echo ring frae ev'ry tree.
Thou bonny Wood, &c.
When Winter blaws in sleety show'rs,
Frae aff the Norlin hills sae hi',
He lightly kisss thy bonny bow'rs,
As laith to harm a flow'r in thee.
Frae aff the Norlin hills sae hi',
He lightly kisss thy bonny bow'rs,
As laith to harm a flow'r in thee.
Thou bonny Wood, &c.
Tho' Fate should drag me south the Line,
Or owre the wide Atlantic sea,
The happy hours I'll ever min',
That I in youth hae spent in thee.
Thou bonny wood, &c
Or owre the wide Atlantic sea,
The happy hours I'll ever min',
That I in youth hae spent in thee.
Thou bonny wood, &c
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