Birks Of Aberfeldie, The

Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)



Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes,
And o'er the crystal streamlet plays,
Come, let us spend the lightsome days
In the birks of Aberfeldie!
     Bonnie lassie, will ye go,
     Will ye go, will ye go,
     Bonnie lassie, will ye go
     To the birks of Aberfeldie?

The little birdies blithely sing,
While o'er their heads the hazels hing;
Or lightly flit on wanton wing
In the birks of Aberfeldie!
     Bonnie lassie, will ye go...

The braes ascend like lofty wa's,
The foaming stream, deep-roaring, fa's,
O'er-hung wi' fragrant spreading shaws,
The birks of Aberfeldie.
     Bonnie lassie, will ye go...

The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers,
White o'er the linns the burnie pours,
And, rising, weets wi' misty showers
The birks of Aberfeldie.
     Bonnie lassie, will ye go...

Let Fortune's gifts at random flee,
They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me,
Supremely blest wi' love and thee
In the birks of Aberfeldie.
     Bonnie lassie, will ye go...

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme aaaBCcCb dddBC aaaBC aaaBC eeeBC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 932
Words 159
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 5, 5, 5, 5

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