AIR--_"The Banks of Eswal."_

The primrose is bonnie in spring,

And the rose it is sweet in June;

It 's bonnie where leaves are green,

I' the sunny afternoon.

It 's bonny when the sun gaes down,

An' glints on the hoary knowe;

It 's bonnie to see the cloud

Sae red in the dazzling lowe.

When the night is a' sae calm,

An' comes the sweet twilight gloom,

Oh! it cheers my heart to meet

My lassie amang the broom,

When the birds in bush and brake,

Do quit their blythe e'enin' sang;

Oh! what an hour to sit

The gay gowden links amang.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume 2. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century · 第 153 / 298 题