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Ca' the yowes
English source:
Robert Burns
Ca’ the yowes to the knowes,
Ca’ them where the heather growes,
Ca' them where the burnie rowes,
My bonnie dearie.
Hark the mavis evening sang,
Sounden Clouden’s woods amang;
Then a-folding let us gang,
My bonnie dearie.
We’ll gang down by Clouden side,
Through the hazels spreading wide
O’er the waves that sweetly glide
To the moon sae clearly.
Fair and lovely as thou art,
Thou hast stol’n my very heart;
I can die but canna part,
My bonnie dearie.
Ca’ them where the heather growes,
Ca' them where the burnie rowes,
My bonnie dearie.
Hark the mavis evening sang,
Sounden Clouden’s woods amang;
Then a-folding let us gang,
My bonnie dearie.
We’ll gang down by Clouden side,
Through the hazels spreading wide
O’er the waves that sweetly glide
To the moon sae clearly.
Fair and lovely as thou art,
Thou hast stol’n my very heart;
I can die but canna part,
My bonnie dearie.
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music,…
Poet
Robert Burns
Robert Burns , also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the…