Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 417. Song—Blythe hae I been on yon hill |
| | | | | Tune—“The Quaker’s Wife.” |
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| BLYTHE hae I been on yon hill, | |
| As the lambs before me; | |
| Careless ilka thought and free, | |
| As the breeze flew o’er me; | |
| Now nae langer sport and play, | 5 |
| Mirth or sang can please me; | |
| LESLEY is sae fair and coy, | |
| Care and anguish seize me. | |
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| Heavy, heavy is the task, | |
| Hopeless love declaring; | 10 |
| Trembling, I dow nocht but glow’r, | |
| Sighing, dumb despairing! | |
| If she winna ease the thraws | |
| In my bosom swelling, | |
| Underneath the grass-green sod, | 15 |
| Soon maun be my dwelling. | |
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