The wish

Could I find a bonny glen,

Warm and calm, warm and calm,

Could I find a bonny glen,

Warm and calm,

Free frae din, and far frae men,

There my wanton kids I'd pen,

Where woodbines shade some den,

Breathing balm, breathing balm,

Where woodbines shade some den,

Breathing balm.

Where the steep and woody hill

Shields the deer, shields the deer,

Where the steep and woody hill

Shields the deer,

Where the wood-lark singing shrill,

Guards his nest beside the rill,

And the thrush with tawny bill

Warbles clear, warbles clear,

And the thrush with tawny bill

Warbles clear.

Where the dashing waterfall

Echoes round, echoes round,

Where the dashing waterfall

Echoes round,

And the rustling aspin tall,

And the owl at ev'ning's call,

Plaining from the ivy'd wall,

Joins the sound, joins the sound,

Plaining from the ivy'd wall,

Joins the sound.

There my only love I'd own,

All unseen, all unseen,

There my only love I'd own,

All unseen;

There I'd live for her alone,

To the restless world unknown,

And my heart should be the throne

For my queen, for my queen;

And my heart should be the throne

For my queen.