Cairn O' Mount

As I rode by yon Brig O Dye

And past yon hill o' broom

A maiden sang right merrily

Just as the sun gaed doon

Chorus (after each verse):

Sayin', "Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare

And cauld lies Clach na Benn

And you can see the snow lyin' there

Along the summer's end"

Well, I lighted off my dapple gray

And walked by her side

Sayin', "Lassie, I hae lost my way

Upon your moor sae wide

Oh war me o' your face sae fair

Yer een sae bonny blue

The longest day I blighthly share

Tae kiss your cherry moo

Oh lassie, will ye gan wi' me

And leave yer cauld richt glen?

Wi' a' my kin, ye'll bear the gree

There's wealth baith but and ben

Wi' silks and satins busket braw

And ribbons fer yer hair

And maids tae answer when ye ca'

So can ye wish for mair?

Oh lassie, ye maun think a while

My lands are far and wide

I've gold in banks and ships at sea

So come and be my bride

My faither's left me lordships twa

A coach at my command

I'll mak' ye lady o' them a'

If ye'll gie me yer hand

Oh lassie, think yer Donald's poor

Has neither horse nor coo

A shepherd stragglin' ower the moor

Is no' a match for you"

"Oh Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare

And cauld lies Clach na Benn

And I'd rather meet my Donald there

Than be fair Scotland's Queen"

"Oh lassie I'm loath tae tell

You throw yer love awa'

Yer Donald brally kens himsel'

Last gloamins what I saw

As I rode by his shielin' door

I spied a heiland maid

And yer Donald kissed her ower and ower

And rolled her in his plaid"

"Would you swear a solemn oath

What you hae told tae me?

I wouldnae dread my Donald's faith

But sae base loon ye lee"

It's he's thrown off his laland dress

Combed doon his yellow hair

Sayin', "Lassie, you've been true tae me

And now we'll part nae mair

Nae mair I'm shepherd o' the glen

But laird a'yont the Dee

And since ye hae been true tae me

I'll aye prove true tae thee"

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