"The Banks O' Doon" (Modern Scots: The Banks o Doon) is a Scots song written by Robert Burns in 1791,[1] sometimes known as "Ye Banks and Braes"
Ye banks and braes of bonnie Doon,
How can you bloom so fresh and fair?
How can you chant, you little birds,
And I so weary, full of care!
You’ll break my heart, you warbling bird,
That frolics through the flowering thorn:
You remind me of departed joys,
Departed - never to return!
Often have I wandered by the beautiful Doon,
To see the rose and woodbine entwine:
And every bird sang of its love,
And fondly so did I of mine.
With lightsome heart I pulled a rose,
Full sweet upon its thorny tree!
But my false lover stole my rose,
And ah! She left the thorn with me.
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