[Intro]
[Verse]
Come all friends and companions and listen unto me
I ll sing tae you a song though, it s not with merry glee
It was concernin slighted love, the cause of all my waes
That maks me rue that e er I come tae Edzell s Bonnie Braes
[Verse]
It s oft I ve fed my fleecy flock doon by the North Esk stream
By fickle fortune I was led untae a comely dame
Her beauty bright shone in my sight, like Phoebus shinin rays
Which maks me rue that e er I come tae Edzell s Bonnie Braes
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
She seemed like fair Diana, in stature sweet and mild
And in my arms wis she to me, like nature s darlin child
Baith night an morn ma hert doth burn wi love, its flame in blaze
Which maks me rue that e er I come tae Edzell s Bonnie Braes
[Verse]
I dearly loved that fair maid as I dearly loved my life
I asked if she d giee her consent tae be ma wedded wife
I asked her hand in wedlock bands, wi me tae spend her day
To which she had consented on Edzell s Bonnie Braes
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
But now she s gone and left me, and left me aa forlorn
Ma joys are turned tae grief baith nicht and day I murn
But heaven will reward her weel for her deceitful ways
She ll mind the vows she made tae me on Edzell s Bonnie Braes
[Verse]
But while the crimson current flows, gently in my veins
There s no anither fair maid shall win ma hert again
For single so I shall remain, til death doth end my days
I ll murn for the lassie lost on Edzell s Bonnie Braes