Blythe Was She

    blythe was she 注释标题 written at oughtertyre. phemie is miss euphemia murray, a cousin of sir william murray of oughtertyre.—lang.
    tune—“andro and his cutty gun.”
    chorus.—blythe, blythe and merry was she,
    blythe was she but and ben;
    blythe by the banks of earn,
    and blythe in glenturit glen.
    by oughtertyre grows the aik,
    on yarrow banks the birken shaw;
    but phemie was a bonier lass
    than braes o' yarrow ever saw.
    blythe, blythe, c.
    her looks were like a flow'r in may,
    her smile was like a simmer morn:
    she tripped by the banks o' earn,
    as light's a bird upon a thorn.
    blythe, blythe, c.
    her bonie face it was as meek
    as ony lamb upon a lea;
    the evening sun was ne'er sae sweet,
    as was the blink o' phemie's e'e.
    blythe, blythe, c.
    the highland hills i've wander'd wide,
    and o'er the lawlands i hae been;
    but phemie was the blythest lass
    that ever trod the dewy green.
    blythe, blythe, c.