Doonie Burn (Words and music D. Gilfillan)
Chorus
Where Donnie burn brak’s o’re the lee
Where it’s waters run baith clear and free
Ti’s there I wish and lang tae be
With my Ain true love who waits for me
.
We saw the small birds on the wing
And heard them joyfully sing
As they called in the days of spring
The morning air did ring
.
Was there I spent such happy hour
With you my fairest flo’er
The lang warm summer days o’ grace
We spent in loves sweet embrace
.
I rue the day I kissed your hand
And left your fathers land
I vowed my fortune I would find
Marched of to war sae young sae blind
.
I fought wi ah the courage true
So I’d return to you
But I fell amidst the battles roar
On Flodden’s field of blood and gore
.
Our times have past but there’s times tae come
There’s things that will be done
It is by the lords own decree
I cannot spend that time with thee