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T:Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon Dix.43
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=70
B:Anon. MS dated 1811, from Dixon collection, Holton le Moor, Lincs.
A:England;Lincolnshire;Holton le Moor
C:Burns
Z:vmp.R.Greig 2012 <http://www.village-music-project.org.uk>
F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Dixon(Anon)/Dixon6(12-4-16).abc	 2024-04-19 183612 UT
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w:Ye banks and br-aes o' bon--y D-oon how c-an you bl-oom so fr-esh and fair, how
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w:can ye s-ing ye litt--le b-irds while I-'m so w-ear-y f-u' o' care?
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w:You'll break my h-eart ye litt-le b-irds that warb--le o-n the flow'--ry thorn; It
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w:minds me o-' De-part--ed j-oys. De-part--ed, nev--er t-o re-turn
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W:Aft ha I stray'd by bonny Doon
W:To see the rose and woodbine twine
W:And hear ilk bird sing of its love,
W:As fondly so did I of mine;
W:Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd arose,
W:So sweet upon its thorny tree;
W:But my fause love has stou'n the rose,
W:And left the sharpest thorn to me
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W:O blaw ye flowers, your bonny blooms,
W:And draw the wild birds by the Doon
W:For Lumon promised me a ring,
W:And ye maun rid me, shou'd I mourn,
W:O na na na, ye need na' bloom,
W:My e'en are dim an' drawing worn
W:Ye bonny birds ye need na' sing
W:For Lumon never will return.
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W:My Lumon's love, in broken sighs,
W:At closing day by Doon ye'se hear
W:And Mid' day by the Willow green
W:For him I'll shed a silent tear
W:Sweet birds I ken ye'll pity me
W:An' join me wi a plaintive sang
W:While echoes wake, an' pour the mane
W:I make for him I lo'ed so long.