The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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Ronald and Donald, drive on with the braid claymore,
Over the necks of the foes of Prince Charhe !
Charlie, Charlie, &c.
THERE GROWS A BONNIE BRIER BUSH.
Tune— There grows a bonnie Brier Bush.
There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kail-yard,
There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kail-yard ;
And on that bonnie bush there's twa roses I loe dear,
And they're busy busy courting in our kail-yard.
They shall hing nae mair upon the bush in our kail-yard,
They shall hing nae mair upon the bush in our kail-yard
They shall bob on Athole green, and there they will be
seen,
And the rocks and the trees shall be their safeguard.
O my bonnie bonnie flouirs, they shall bloom ower
them a',
When they gang to the dancin' in Carlisle ha*
Where Donald and Sandy, I'm sure, will ding them a*,
When they gang to the dancin' in Carlisle ha'.
O what will I do for a lad, when Sandy gangs awa ?
what will I do for a lad, when Sandy gangs awa ?
1 will awa to Edinburgh, and win a penny fee,
And see gin ony bonnie laddie '11 fancy me.
He's coming frae the north that's to marry me,
He's coming frae the north that's to marry me ;
A feather in his bonnet, a rose abune his bree ;
He's a bonnie bonnie lad, an yon be he.*
* From Mr Hogg's Jacobite Relics.
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