Misc Traditional – Bonnie Jean (Guitar)

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There was a lass an she was fair, at kirk an' market tae be seen

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When aw oor fairest maids were met, fairest o' them aw was bonnie Jean

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and aye, she wrought her Mammie’s work and she sang sae merrilie

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The blythest bird upon the bush, had ne'er a lighter heart than she

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But hawks will rob the tender joys, that bless the little lintwhite’s nest

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And frost will blight the fairest flower, love will break the soundest rest

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For she met a braw young lad, the pride of  aw the glen

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And he had oxen, sheep and kye, and bonnie horses nine or ten

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Ah he  gaed wi Jeanie tae the tryste, and danced the lassie on the down

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And lang ere witless Jeannie knew, her heart was lost, her peace was stown

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As in the bosom o' the stream, the moonbeam dwells at dewy een

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So trembling pure was tender love, within the breast o' bonnie Jean

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While monies a bird sang sweet o'love, and monie a flower blooms ower the dale

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his cheek to hers he aft did lay, and whispered thus his tender tale

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O Jeannie fair I love thee dear,can you think tae fancy me

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an leave your mammies hame,and will ye come awa wae me

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So what could helpless Jeannie do? She had nae will tae tell him naw

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At length she blushed a sweet consent, and love was aye between them twa