The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . i§i :E: =0= ^ St *- -0- ? ,r- N N r—1 -fH^ S^ & j-> h* * • 0 _? 9 9 Now theres a moan - in on il - ka green loan - in% The Flowers of the Fo - rest are cres. e ^ m mf *f ±z THE FLOWERS OF THE At bughts in the mornin, nae blithe lads are seornin, Lasses are lanely, and dowie, and wae;Nae daffin, nae gabbin, but sighin and sabbin; Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her away. At een in the gloamin, nae swankies are roaminBout stacks wi the lasses at bogle to play; But ilk maid sits drearie, lamentin her dearie,The Flowers
The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . i§i :E: =0= ^ St *- -0- ? ,r- N N r—1 -fH^ S^ & j-> h* * • 0 _? 9 9 Now theres a moan - in on il - ka green loan - in% The Flowers of the Fo - rest are cres. e ^ m mf *f ±z THE FLOWERS OF THE At bughts in the mornin, nae blithe lads are seornin, Lasses are lanely, and dowie, and wae;Nae daffin, nae gabbin, but sighin and sabbin; Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her away. At een in the gloamin, nae swankies are roaminBout stacks wi the lasses at bogle to play; But ilk maid sits drearie, lamentin her dearie,The Flowers of the Forest are a wede away. In harst at the shearin, nae youths now are jeerin,Bandsters are runkled, and lyart, or grey; At fair or at preachin, nae wooin nae fleechin,The Flowers of the Forest are a wede away. Dool for the order sent our lads to the Border,The English for ance by guile wan the day; The Flowers of the Forest that fought aye the foremost,The prime of our land lie cauld in the clay. Well hae nae mair liltin at the ewe milkin,Women and bairns are heartless and wae; Sighin and moanin on ilka green loanin,The Flowers of the Forest are a wede away. Tile flowers of the fokest. The earliest known copy of this fine melody is that, in tablature, i
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