TUNE–_”Clunie’s Reel.”_
“Oh, dinna think, bonnie lassie, I ‘m gaun to leave thee!
Dinna think, bonnie lassie, I ‘m gaun to leave thee;
Dinna think, bonnie lassie, I ‘m gaun to leave thee;
I ‘ll tak a stick into my hand, and come again and see thee.”
“Far ‘s the gate ye hae to gang; dark ‘s the night, and eerie;
Far ‘s the gate ye hae to gang; dark ‘s the night, and eerie;
Far ‘s the gate ye hae to gang; dark ‘s the night, and eerie;
Oh, stay this night wi’ your love, and dinna gang and leave me.”
“It ‘s but a night and hauf a day that I ‘ll leave my dearie;
But a night and hauf a day that I ‘ll leave my dearie;
But a night and hauf a day that I ‘ll leave my dearie;
Whene’er the sun gaes west the loch, I ‘ll come again and see thee.”
“Dinna gang, my bonnie lad, dinna gang and leave me;
Dinna gang, my bonnie lad, dinna gang and leave me;
When a’ the lave are sound asleep, I ‘m dull and eerie;
And a’ the lee-lang night I ‘m sad, wi’ thinking on my dearie.”
“Oh, dinna think, bonnie lassie, I ‘m gaun to leave thee!
Dinna think, bonnie lassie, I ‘m gaun to leave thee;
Dinna think, bonnie lassie, I ‘m gaun to leave thee;
Whene’er the sun gaes out o’ sight, I ‘ll come again and see thee.”
“Waves are rising o’er the sea; winds blaw loud and fear me;
Waves are rising o’er the sea; winds blaw loud and fear me;
While the winds and waves do roar, I am wae and drearie;
And gin ye lo’e me as ye say, ye winna gang and leave me.”
“Oh, never mair, bonnie lassie, will I gang and leave thee!
Never mair, bonnie lassie, will I gang and leave thee;
Never mair, bonnie lassie, will I gang and leave thee;
E’en let the world gang as it will, I ‘ll stay at hame and cheer ye.”
Frae his hand he coost his stick; “I winna gang and leave thee;”
Threw his plaid into the neuk; “Never can I grieve thee;”
Drew his boots, and flang them by; cried, “My lass, be cheerie;
I ‘ll kiss the tear frae aff thy cheek, and never leave my dearie.”
(Hector MacNeill)
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