The birks of Aberfeldy

October 1st ---- Edinb. ---- 1787
The birks of Aberfeldey. -- Composed on the spot.
Tune. Birks of Abergeldie. ----

Chorus
Bony lassie will ye go, will ye go, will ye go;
Bony lassie, will ye go to the birks of Aberfeldey. ----

1
Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes,
And o'er the crystal streamlets plays;
Come let us spend the lightsome days
In the birks of Aberfeldey. ----

2
The little birdies blythely sing
While o'er their heads the hazels hing,
Or lightly flit on wanton wing
In the birks of Aberfeldey. ----

3
The braes ascend like lofty wa's,
The foamy stream deep-roaring fa's,
O'erhung wi' fragrant-spreading shaws
The birks of Aberfeldey. ----
 

4
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 Aberfeldey. ----

5
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 Aberfeldey. ----
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[Start of the poem 'Written in the Hermitage at Taymouth' see object 3.6175]