By Yon Bonnie Banks
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,1
Where the sun shines sae bright and sae clearly,2
Where I and my true love were ever wont to gae3
On the bonnie bonnie braes of Binnorie.4
Oh ye’ll tak’ the high road, &c.5
Wi’ his bonnie laced shoon and his buckles sae clear,6
And the plaid on his shoulder hung fairly,7
Ae blink o’ his ee wad banish a’ care,8
Sae bonnie was the look o’ Prince Charlie.9
As lang as I live, and as lang as I breathe,10
I’ll sing o’ his praises sae clearly,11
Though my true love was slain by the arrows of death,12
And Flora laments for Prince Charlie.13
The thistle will bloom, and the king hae his ain,14
And true lovers meet in the gloamin’,15
But I and my true love will never meet again16
By the bonnie bonnie braes o’ Binnorie.17