highnd mary
tune—“katherine ogie.”
ye banks, and braes, and streams around
the castle o' montgomery!
green be your woods, and fair your flowers,
your waters never drumlie:
there simmer first unfauld her robes,
and there the arry;
for there i took the st farewell
o' my sweet highnd mary.
how sweetly bloom'd the gay, green birk,
how rich the hawthorn's blossom,
as underh their fragrant shade,
i csp'd her to my bosom!
the golden hours on angel wings,
flew o'er me and my dearie;
for dear to me, as light and life,
was my sweet highnd mary.
wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace,
our parting was fu' tender;
and, pledging aft to meet again,
we tore oursels asunder;
but oh! fell death's untimely frost,
that nipt my flower sae early!
now green's the sod, and cauld's the cy
that s my highnd mary!
o pale, pale now, those rosy lips,
i aft hae kiss'd sae fondly!
and clos'd for aye, the sparkling gnce
that dwalt on me sae kindly!
and mouldering now in silent dust,
that heart that lo'ed me dearly!
but still within my bosom's core
shall live my highnd mary.