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PARISH OF WEST LINTON. QI
I've heard them liltin" at our ewe-milkin',
Lasses a-liltin' before dawn o' day;
Now there's a moanin' on ilka green loanin' —
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away.
At buchts in the mornin' nae blythe lads are scornin',
Lasses are lanely, and dowie, and wae ;
Nae daffin', nae gabbin', but sighin' and sabbin',
Ilk ane lifts her leglin and hies her away.
In hairst, at the shearin', nae youths now are jeerin',
The bandsters are runkled, and lyart, and gray;
At fair or at preachin', nae wooin', nae fleechin' —
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away.
At e'en, in the gloamin', nae swankies are roamin',
'Bout stacks, 'mang the lasses at bogle to play;
But each ane sits dreary, lamentin' her dearie —
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away. '
We'll hear nae mair liltin' at the ewe-milkin':
Women and bairns are dowie and wae ;
Sighin' and moanin" on ilka green loanin' —
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away. ;