(:redirect quiet=1:) %abc-2.1 stretchlast X:1 T:The Bonnie Briar Bush C:Trad C:Robert Burns Z:Webmaster N:Tradition poem/song altered by Burns. B:Popular Songs & Melodies of Scotland, GF Graham M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G B | D>DDE D<EG>D | EAA>B A3 B | D>DDE D<EG>D | EGG>A G2 | GA/B/ | c>dec B>cdB | cBAG A2 GB | D>DDE D<EG>D | E2 G>A G2 |] % W: W:Version A W:1 W:There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kail-yard, W:There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kail-yard; W:And below the bonnie brier bush there's a lassie and a lad. W:And they're busy, busy courting in our kail-yard. W: W:2 W:We'll court nae mair below the buss in our kail-yard, W:We'll court nae mair below the buss in our kail-yard; W:We'll awa' to Athole's green, and there we'll no be seen, W:Whare the trees and the branches will be our safe guard. W: W:3 W:Will ye go to the dancin' in Carlyle's ha', W:Will ye go to the dancin' in Carlyle's ha; W:There Sandy and Nancy I'm sure will ding them a'? W:I winna gang to the dancin' in Carlyle's-ha'. W: W:4 W:What will I do for a lad, when Sandy gangs awa'? W:What will I do for a lad, when Sandy gangs awa'? W:I will awa' to Edinburgh and win a pennie fee, W:And see an onie bonnie lad will fancy me. W: W:5 W:He's comin' frae the North that's to fancy me, W:He's comin' frae the North that's to fancy me; W:A feather in his bonnet and a ribbon at his knee, W:He's a bonnie, bonnie laddie an yon be he. W: W:Version B W:1 W:"There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kail-yard, W:And white are the blossoms o't in our kail-yard: W:Like wee bit white cockauds for our loyal Hieland lads; W:And the lasses lo'e the bonnie bush in our kail-yard." W: W:2 W:"But were they a' true that were far awa'? W:Oh! were they a' true that were far awa'? W:They drew up wi' glaiket Englishers at Carlisle ha', W:And forgot auld frien's when far awa'." W: W:3 W:"Ye'll come nae mair, Jamie, where aft you've been; W:Ye'll come nae mair, Jamie, to Athole's Green; W:Ye lo'ed ower weel the dancin' at Carlisle ha'. W:And forgot the Hieland hills that were far awa'." W: W:4 W:"He's comin' frae the North that's to fancy me, W:He's comin' frae the North that's to fancy me; W:A feather in his bonnet, a ribbon at his knee; W:He's a bonnie Hieland laddie, and you be na he." % % % % % % % % %]