Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Aberfeldy | | The Birks of Aberfeldy | | Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| | | CHORUS.—Bonny lassie, will ye go, | |
| Will ye go, will ye go? | |
| Bonny lassie, will ye go | |
| To the birks of Aberfeldy? | |
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| Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, | 5 |
| And o’er the crystal streamlet plays; | |
| Come, let us spend the lightsome days | |
| In the birks of Aberfeldy. | |
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| The little birdies blithely sing, | |
| While o’er their heads the hazels hing, | 10 |
| Or lightly flit on wanton wing | |
| In the birks of Aberfeldy. | |
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| The braes ascend, like lofty wa’s, | |
| The foamy stream deep-roaring fa’s, | |
| O’erhung wi’ fragrant spreading shaws, | 15 |
| The birks of Aberfeldy. | |
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| The hoary cliffs are crowned wi’ flowers, | |
| White o’er the linns the burnie pours, | |
| And rising, weets wi’ misty showers | |
| The birks of Aberfeldy. | 20 |
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| Let Fortune’s gifts at random flee, | |
| They ne’er shall draw a wish frae me, | |
| Supremely blest wi’ love and thee, | |
| In the birks of Aberfeldy. | | | | |
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