Blythe Was She
blythe was she 注释标题 written at oughtertyre. phemie is miss euphemia murray, a cousin of sir william murray of oughtertyre.—lang. tune—“andro and his cutty gun.” chorus.—blythe, blythe and merry was she, blythe was she but and ben; blythe by the banks of earn, and blythe iurit glen. by oughtertyre grows the aik, on yarrow banks the birken shaw; but phemie was a bonier lass than braes o' yarrow ever saw. blythe, blythe, c. her looks were like a flow'r in may, her smile was like a simmer morn: she tripped by the banks o' earn, as light's a bird upon a thorn. blythe, blythe, c. her bonie face it was as meek as ony lamb upon a lea; the evening sun was ne'er sae sweet, as was the blink o' phemie's e'e. blythe, blythe, c. the highland hills i've wander'd wide, and o'er the lawlands i hae been; but phemie was the blythest lass that ever trod the dewy green. blythe, blythe, c.