Key: A
Introduction:
Am
Verse
G
As I roved out one fine summer's morn
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Amang lofty hills, moorland and mountain
Am G
It was there I spied a weel faurt maid
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As I, wi' others, was oot a-hunting
Verse
G
No shoes nor stocking's did she wear
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And neither had she cap nor feather
Am G
But her golden hair hung in ringlets fair
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An' the gentle breeze played round her shoulders
Verse
G
I said, ?Braw lassie, why roam ye alone
Am C D
Why roam ye lane amang the heather??
Am G
She says, ?My faither's awa frae hame
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An' I'm herdin' a' his yowes taegither?
Verse
G
I said, ?Braw lassie, if you'll be mine
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And care tae lie on a bed o' feather
Am G
In silks an' satins you will shine
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And you'll be my queen amang the heather?
Verse
G
She said, ?Kind sir, your offers good
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Ah, but I'm afraid 'twas meant for laughter
Am G
For I see you are some rich squire's son
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And I am but a poor shepherd's daughter?
Verse
G
?Ah, but had ye been a shepherd loon
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A
Am G
Or had ye been a ploughman's son
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Wi' a' my hert, I would hae lo'ed ye?
Verse
G
Now I've been tae halls an' I've been tae balls
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I hae been to London and Balquhidder
Am G
But the bonniest lass that e'er I have saw
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She was herdin' yowes amang the heather
Verse
G
So we both sat doon upon the plain
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We sat awhile an' we talked taegether
Am G
An' we left the yowes tae stray their lane
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Till I lo'ed my Queen amang the heather
Outro
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