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| COULD I find a bonnie glen, | |
| Warm and calm, warm and calm: | |
| Could I find a bonnie glen, | |
| Warm and calm; | |
| Free frae din, and far frae men, | 5 |
| There my wanton kids I’d pen, | |
| Where woodbines shade some den, | |
| Breathing balm, breathing balm; | |
| Where woodbines shade some den, | |
| Breathing balm. | 10 |
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| Where the steep and woody hill | |
| Shields the deer, shields the deer; | |
| Where the steep and woody hill | |
| Shields the deer; | |
| Where the woodlark, singing shrill, | 15 |
| Guards his nest beside the rill, | |
| And the thrush, with tawny bill, | |
| Warbles clear, warbles clear; | |
| Where the thrush, with tawny bill, | |
| Warbles clear. | 20 |
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| Where the dashing waterfall | |
| Echoes round, echoes round; | |
| Where the dashing waterfall | |
| Echoes round; | |
| And the rustling aspen tall, | 25 |
| And the owl, at evening’s call, | |
| Plaining from the ivied wall, | |
| Joins the sound, joins the sound; | |
| Plaining from the ivied wall, | |
| Joins the sound. | 30 |
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| There my only love I’d own, | |
| All unseen, all unseen; | |
| There my only love I’d own, | |
| All unseen; | |
| There I’d live for her alone, | 35 |
| To the restless world unknown, | |
| And my heart should be the throne | |
| For my queen, for my queen; | |
| And my heart should be the throne | |
| For my queen! | 40 |
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