blythe was she 注释标题 written at oughtertyre. phemie is miss euphemia murray, a cousin of sir william murray of oughtertyre.—lang.
tune—“andro and his cutty gun.”
chorus.—blythe, blythe and merry was she,
blythe was she but and ben;
blythe by the banks of earn,
and blythe in glenturit glen.
by oughtertyre grows the aik,
on yarrow banks the birken shaw;
but phemie was a bonier lass
than braes o' yarrow ever saw.
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her looks were like a flow'r in may,
her smile was like a simmer morn:
she tripped by the banks o' earn,
as light's a bird upon a thorn.
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her bonie face it was as meek
as ony lamb upon a lea;
the evening sun was ne'er sae sweet,
as was the blink o' phemie's e'e.
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the highland hills i've wander'd wide,
and o'er the lawlands i hae been;
but phemie was the blythest lass
that ever trod the dewy green.
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