blythe was she 注释标题 written at oughtertyre. phemie is miss euphemia murray, a cousin of sir william murray of oughtertyre.—ng.
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 iurit glen.
by oughtertyre grows the aik,
on yarrow banks the birken shaw;
but phemie was a bonier ss
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
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