Annotation:Banks and Braes of Boony Doon (The)
X:1 T:Banks and Braes of Bonny Doon M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion (c. 1805) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A E/F/ | A3B3 | cec BAB | cBA A<FE | EFA B3 | A2A BAB | cec BAB | cBA AFE | EFA A2 :: c/d/ | e2f ecA | e2f ecA | ecA ecA | fec B3 | A2A BAB | cec BAB | cBA AFE | EFA A2 :||
BANKS AND BRAES OF BONNY DOON, THE. AKA - "Banks o' Doon." Scottish, English; Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first couple of stanzas go:
Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon how can you bloom so fresh and fair,
How can ye sing ye little birds while I'm so weary fu' o' care?
You'll break my heart ye little birds that warble o-n the flow'-ry thorn;
It minds me o' Departed joys. Departed, never to return.
Aft ha I stray'd by bonny Doon
'To see the rose and woodbine twine
'And hear ilk bird sing of its love,
As fondly so did I of mine;
Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd arose,
So sweet upon its thorny tree;
But my fause love has stou'n the rose,
And left the sharpest thorn to me.
