...take the deepest and mnst lasting hold of the mind." — HAIUTv.] THE BANKS O' DOON. ROBERT BURNS. Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom...How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fn ' o' care l Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn :...

...ye chant ye little hirds, And I sae weary fu' o' care ! Thou'll hreak my heart thou warhling hird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn : Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed never to return. Oft hae I rov'd hy honnie Doon, To see the rose and woodhine twine ; And...

...sleepless pain ! Thou golden time o' youthfu1 prime, Why comest thou not again ! THE BANKS O' DOON. Y« banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and iair ; How can ye chut ye little birds, And I aae weary fu' o' cara I Thou'll break my heart thon warbling...

...— t p I THE BANKS O' BOON. [SCOTTISH.] Andante. * Ye banks and braes of bon - nie Doon, How te— can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant ye -* -= Sv:£ lit - tie birds, And I sae wea - ry, fu' o'care? Thou' 11 S ^ JC break my heart, thou war-bling...

...o' life the band shall ne'er remuve, And this will be a posie to my ain dear May. THE BANKS O' DOON. ohn through the flowering thorn : Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed never to return. Oft hae I rov'd...

...remuve, And this will be a posie to my ain dear May. THE BANKS O' DOON. YE hanks and braes o' honnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair; How can ye chant, ye little hirds, And I sac weary, fu' o' care ! Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling hird, That wantons through...

...DOON. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sac fresh and fair ; How can ye chant, yc the last farewecl O' my sweet Highland Mary, How sweetly bloom'd the tbou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering thorn : Thou minds гае о' departed joys,...

...staw the rose, But left the thorn wi' me. In 1790, this song was published, exactly as it stands in Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling ' bird, That...flowering thorn : Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed — never to return." Thou'lt break my heart, thou bonie bird, That sings beside thy mate,...

...confession 'Gainst fortune's fell, cruel decree — Jessy ! Here's a health, &c. THE BANKS O' UOON. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom...Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering thorn ; Thou mind'st me o' departed joys, Departed never to return. Oft hae I...

...cruel decree — Jessy ! Here's a health, &c. THE BANKS 0 I100N. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Boon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; How can ye chant,...Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering thorn ; Thou mind'st me o' departed joys, Departed never to return. Oft hae I...