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 in glenturit 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.