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How sweet the Rose blaxvs.
TUNE— Kellyburn Braes.
How sweet the rose blaws, it fades and it fa's ;
Red is the rose, and bonie, O :
It brings to my mind what my dear laddie was ;
So bloom'd, so cut off, was my Johnnie, O.
Now peace is return'd, but nae joy brings to me ; |
Red is the rose and bonie, O :
For cauld is his cheek, and beamless his e'e,
And nae mair beats the heart of my Johnnie, O.
Ah ! why did he leave me, and leave these sweet
plains ;
Red is the rose, and bonie, O :
Where smiling contentment and peace ever reigns ?
But they'll ne'er bloom again for my Johnnie, O.
Nor to me will their beauties e'er pleasure impart ;
Red is the rose and bonie, O :
For sunk is my spirits, and broken my heart,
Ston I'll meet ne'er to part frae my Johnnie, O.