023 Ca' The Yowes To The Knowes

(Second Version)

Chorus

Ca' the yowes to the knowes,

Ca' them where the heather grows,

Ca' them where the burnie rowes,

My bonie dearie.

1．

Hark, the mavis' e'ening sang

Sounding Clouden's woods amang

Then a-faulding let us gang,

My bonie dearie.

2．

We'll gae down by Clouden side,

Thro' the hazels, spreading wide

O'er the waves that sweetly glide

To the moon sae clearly.

3．

Yonder Clouden's silent towers,

Where, at moonshine's midnight hours,

O'er the dewy bending flowers

Fairies dance sae cheery.

4．

Ghaist nor bogle shalt thou fear—

Thou'rt to Love and Heav'n sae dear

Nocht of ill may come thee near,

My bonie dearie.

5．

Fair and lovely as thou art,

Thou hast stown my very heart;

I can die—but canna part,

My bonie dearie.

Notes

Title Ca' The Yowes To the Knowes: Call the Sheep To The Hills

This is one of the posthumous works collected between 1796 and 2000. It was first printed in 1800.

Chorus

Line 3 burnie: streamlet; rowes: runs

Line 4 bonie: lovely; dearie: darling

Stanza 1

Line 1 Hark: listen; mavis: thrush; e'ening sang: evening song

Line 2 Clouden: tributary of the River Nith; amang: among

Line 3 a-faulding: a-folding; gang: go

Stanza 2

Line 1 gae: go

Line 4 sae: so

Stanza 3

Line 1 Yonder: over there; silent towers: referring to the Clouden's monastery

Line 3 O'er: over

Stanza 4

Line 1 Ghaist: ghost; bogle: monster; shalt: shall; thou: you

Line 2 Thou'rt: you are; Heav'n: Heaven

Line 3 Nocht of ill: nothing bad; thee: you

Stanza 5

Line 2 stown: stolen

Line 3 canna: cannot

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