The Banks O DnThird Versin
the banks o' doon—third version ye banks and braes o' bonie doon, how ye bloom sae fresh and fair? how ye t, ye little birds, and i sae weary fu' o' care! thou'll break my heart, thou warbling bird, that wantons thro' the fl thorn: thou minds me o' departed joys, departed o return. aft hae i rov'd by bonie doon, to see the rose and woodbiwine: and ilka bird sang o' its luve, and fondly sae did i o' mine; wi' lightsome heart i pu'd a rose, fu' sweet upon its thorny tree! and may fause luver staw my rose, but ah! he left the thorn wi' me.