The Banks O DnFirst Versin
the banks o' doon—first version sweet are the banks—the banks o' doon, the spreading flowers are fair, and everything is blythe and glad, but i am fu' o' care. thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, that sings upon the bough; thou minds me o' the happy days when my fause luve was true: thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, that sings beside thy mate; for sae i sat, and sae i sang, and wist na o' my fate. aft hae i rov'd by bonie doon, to see the woodbiwine; and ilka birds sang o' its luve, and sae did i o' mine: wi' lightsome heart i pu'd a rose, upon its thorny tree; but my fause luver staw my rose ahe thorn wi' me: wi' lightsome heart i pu'd a rose, upon a morn in june; and sae i flourished on the morn, and sae u'd or noon!