The bonie lad that鈥檚 far awa
O how can I be blythe and glad,
Or how can I gang brisk and braw,
When the bonnie lad that I loe best,
Is o'er the hills and far awa.
[It's no the frosty winter wind,
It's no the driving drift and snaw,
But ay the tear comes in my e'e,
To think on him that's far awa.]
My father pat me frae his door,
My friends they hae disown'd me a';
But there is ane will take my part,
The bonie lad that's far awa.
A pair o' gloves he bought to me,
And silken snoods he gae me twa,
And I will wear them for his sake,
The bonie lad that's far awa.
O weary winter soon will pass,
And spring will cleed the birken shaw:
And my young babie will be born,
And he'll be hame that's far awa.
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