The Banks o' Doon

by Robert Burns

Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon,   How can ye blume sae fair! How can ye chant, ye little birds,   And I sae fu' o' care! Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird,   That sings upon the bough; Thou minds me o' the happy days   When my fause luve was true. Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird,   That sings beside thy mate; For sae I sat, and sae I sang,   And wistna o' my fate. Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon,   To see the woodbine twine; And ilka bird sang o' its luve,   And sae did I o' mine. Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose   Upon a morn in June; And sae I flourish'd on the morn,   And sae was pu'd or' noon. Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose   Upon its thorny tree; But my fause luver staw my rose,   And left the thorn wi' me.

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