Song, composed at Auchtertyre on Miss Euphemia Murray of Lentrose
Song - Tune Andrew an his cutty gun -
Composed at Auchtertyre in Miss Euphemia
Murray of Lentrose.
By Auchtertyre Oughtertyre grows the aik,
On Yarrow banks the birken shaw;
But Effie was a bonier lass Phemie
Than braes o' Yarrow ever saw.
Chorus
Blythe, blithe and merry was she,
Blythe was she but and ben:
Blythe by the banks of Earne Ern,
And blithe in Glentoratturit glen.-
2
Her looks were like a flower in May,
Her smile was like a simmer morn,
She tripped by the banks of Earne Ern
As light's a bird upon a thorn.
3
Her bony face it was as meek
As ony lamb upon the lee; a
Composed at Auchtertyre in Miss Euphemia
Murray of Lentrose.
By Auchtertyre Oughtertyre grows the aik,
On Yarrow banks the birken shaw;
But Effie was a bonier lass Phemie
Than braes o' Yarrow ever saw.
Chorus
Blythe, blithe and merry was she,
Blythe was she but and ben:
Blythe by the banks of Earne Ern,
And blithe in Glentoratturit glen.-
2
Her looks were like a flower in May,
Her smile was like a simmer morn,
She tripped by the banks of Earne Ern
As light's a bird upon a thorn.
3
Her bony face it was as meek
As ony lamb upon the lee; a
The evening sun was ne'er sae sweet
As was the blink o' Effie's e'e. Phemie's
4
The Highland hills I've wander'd wide,
And o'er the lawlands I hae been;
But Effie was the blythest lass Phemie
That ever trode the dewy green.
[Start of poem 'On scaring some Water-Fowl in Loch Turit, a wild scene among the Hills of Oughtertyre' see object 3.6180]
As was the blink o' Effie's e'e. Phemie's
4
The Highland hills I've wander'd wide,
And o'er the lawlands I hae been;
But Effie was the blythest lass Phemie
That ever trode the dewy green.
[Start of poem 'On scaring some Water-Fowl in Loch Turit, a wild scene among the Hills of Oughtertyre' see object 3.6180]
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Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/39
- Alt. number
- 3.6179
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/39
- Alt. number
- 3.6179
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
Description
Song. - Composed at Auchtertyre on Miss Euphemia Murray of Lentrose'
Begins "By Oughtertyre grows the aik". Composed in honour of Miss Euphemia Murray of Lentrose (b. 1769).
Archive information
Themes
Hierarchy
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Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs
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- Song, composed at Auchtertyre on Miss Euphemia Murray of Lentrose