The Clydesdale wedding/The banks of the Dee

The Clydesdale wedding (1822)
The banks of the Dee
3280874The Clydesdale wedding — The banks of the Dee1822


THE BANKS OF THE DEE.

'Twas summer and sweetly the breeses were blowing,
And sweetly the nightingale sung from the tree;
At the foot of a rock where the river was flowing,
I set myself down on the banks of the Dee
Flow on lovely Dee, flow on thou sweet river
Thy banks purest stream shall be dear to me ever,
For there I first gained the affection and favour
Of Jamie the pride and the flower of the Dee.

But now he's gone from me and left me thus mourning
To quell the proud rebels for valiant is he,
And ah there's no hope of his speedy returning,
To wander again on the banks of the Dee.
He's gone. hapless youth, o'er the loud roaring billows,
The kindest and sweetest of all the gay fellows.
And left me to stray 'mong'st these once loved willows,
The lonliest maid on the banks of the Dee.

But time and my prayers may perhaps yet restore him,
Blest peace may restore my dear shepherd to me,
And when he returns with such care I'll watch o'er him,
He never shall leave the sweet banks of the Dee.
The Dee then shall flow, all it's beauties displaying,
The lambs on its banks shall again be seen playing,
While I with my Jamie am carlessly straying,
And tasting again all the sweets of the Dee.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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