009 As I Cam O'er The Cairney Mount

Tune: The Highland Lassie

Chorus

O, my bonie Highland lad!

My winsome, weel faur'd Highland laddie!

Wha wad mind the wind and rain,

Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie!

1．

As I cam o'er the Cairney mount,

And down among the blooming heather,

Kindly stood the milkin'-shiel

To shelter frae the stormy weather.

2．

Now Phoebus blinkit on the bent,

And o'er the knowes the lambs were bleating;

But he wan my heart's consent,

To be his ain at the neist meeting.

Notes

Titile As I Cam O'er The Cairney Mount: When I Came Over The Cairney Mount

This song improves on a bawdy ballad.

Chorus

Line 1 bonie: lovely

Line 2 weel faur'd Highland laddie: well-favoured Highland lad

Line 3 Wha wad: who would

Line 4 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie!: So well wrapped in his tartan plaid!

Stanza 1

Line 3 milkin'-shiel: milking-shed

Line 4 frae: from

Stanza 2

Line 1 Phoebus: the sun; blinkit on the bent: shone on the moorland grass

Line 2 o'er: over; knowes: hills

Line 3 wan: won

Line 4 ain: own; neist: next

上一章目录下一章