Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

THE SCOTTISH BORDER, 129
THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST.
PART FIRST.
I've heard them Ulting, at the ewe milking,
Lasses a** lilting, before dawn of day ;
But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning
The flowers of the forest are a' wede awae.
At bughts, in the morning, nae blythe lads are scorning
Lasses are lonely, and dowie, and wae
Nae daffing, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing
Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her awae.
In har"'st, at the shearing, nae youths now are jearing
Bandsters are runkled, and lyart or gray
At fair, or at preaching, nae wooing, nae fleeching
The flowers of the foi-est are a"* wede awae.
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