The Book of Scottish Song/Dumbarton's bonnie Dell

Dumbarton’s bonnie Dell.

[Words by C. M. Westmacott. Music composed by John Sinclair.]

There's ne'er a nook in a' the land
⁠Victoria rules sae well,
There's naething half sae canty, grand,
⁠As blythe Dumbarton's dell;
And would you speer the reason why,
⁠The truth I'll fairly tell,
A winsome lassie lives hard by
⁠Dumbarton's bonnie dell.

Up by yon glen, Loch Lomond laves,
⁠Where bold M'Gregors dwell;
And bogies dance o'er heroes' graves,
⁠There lives Dumbarton's belle;
She's blest with ev'ry charm in life,
⁠And this I know full well—
I'll ne'er be happy till my wife
⁠Is blythe Dumbarton's belle.

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