'Twas in the month o' sweet July
Before the sun had pierced the sky
'Twas in between the rigs o' rye
That I heard twa lovers a-talkin'
verse 2
The lad said, "Lass I must away
I have no longer time to stay
Ah, but I've got word or two to say
If you've the time to tarry"
verse 3
"Your father loves you, he takes great care
Your mother combs down your yellow hair
But your sisters say that ye'll get nae share
If ye gang wi' me, a stranger"
verse 4
"Let my father fret and my mother curse
My sisters' words I do disown
For if they were deid and below the ground
I would gang wi' ye, a stranger"
verse 5
It's then she chanced to see his linen fine
He's dried her tears and he kissed her syne
Sayin' "Lassie, lassie, ye shall be mine
I said it all to try thee"
verse 6
This laddie being of courage bold
A lad scarcely nineteen years old
He's ranged the hills and the valleys o'er
And he's ta'en his lassie wi' him
verse 7
This couple they got married noo
And they hae bairnies, one and two
They live at Brechin the winter through
And in Montrose in the summer