Bonnie ran the burnie down
M. Lang
Bonnie ran the burnie down,
Wandrin' and windin'
Sweetly sang the birds above
Care never mindin'.
The gentle summer wind
was their music soft an' kind,
And it rock it them all in their bow'rs sea high
The mossy rock was there an the water lily fair
an' little trout would sport about.
All in the sunny beam.
Bonnie ran the burnie down,
'Wandrin' an windin'
Sweetly sang the birds above
care never mindin'.
Tho' summer days be lang an' sweet
the birdies sang;
The wintry night an' chilly light
keep aye their eerie round
tho summer day be lang,
And sweet the birdies sang,
The wintry night an' chilly light
keep aye this eerie dream.
An' then the burnies
like the sea roarin'
an' reamin' nae wee bit
songsters on the tree,
That wild birds screamin'.
Oh, that the past I might forget
wandrin' an' weepin'
Oh, that neath the hillock green
Sound I were sleepin'.