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TAM O
THE DOWN.
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Quo' she, I'll marry Tam o' the Down
Wlien comes the dark blue snaw,
When the sun quats blinking bonnily,
When stars begin to fa'.
I gript her in my faulded arms
She sprang out like the moon,
When sailing through a feathery cloud.
In a bonny night o' June.
I said, Ye are ower modest, Ann,
Your father kens fu' weel,
An' baud me gang an' speak to you,
An' a' my love reveal.
An' for thee, nay love, shall na waste,
While there is earth or air
say thou lik'st me, bonny Ann,
An' ease my mind o'
care.
1 saw the blood come to her cheek,
The lightning to her ee
She left me like a cloud o' mist,
An' I'm come hame to thee.
Tam o' the Down, my ae dear son,
Be counsell'd weel by me ;
If e'er ye marry Drumfairn Ann,
Ye'll rue ft till ye die.
Gae bid the moon to fauld her light
Aye in a gloomy cloud.
The wee, wee modest blinking star
For aye its brightness shroud ;
The primrose never mair to bloom,
The wind nae mair to blow.
An' Girvan's stream, amang its braes,
Frae this time ne'er to flow.