Re: Ye Banks and Braes

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:27:33 +1300, "Adam Whyte-Settlar"
<grawillers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> "Ye Banks and Braes" (aka "The Banks o' Doon" -- Ye banks and
>> braes o' bonnie Doon/How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair).
>
>Golly - how can you bear to stop there?
>
>
>"Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon,
>How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
>How can ye chant ye little birds,
>And I sae weary, fu' o' care?
>
>Ye'll break my heart, ye warbling birds,
>That wanton through the flow'ry thorn,
>Ye 'mind me o' departed joys,
>Departed never to return."
>
>
>That's a better place to stop.
>Gets rid of those last two verses where he totally lost the plot but leaves
>the 'shagging song-thrush' scene that everyone can identify with.
>
>A W-S
>
>
I hadn't realized how sensitive a soul you are. I thought your life
was all hot dogs, shouting abuse at farmers and shagging their
faithless wives...



MacP
"Mur a bi i gun tarrag, 's ann LEAMSA!"
"If she ain't nailed down, she's MINE!"

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