One morn in May when fields were gay, Serene and pleasant was the weather, I spied a lass and a very bonny lass She was scooping the dew from upon the heather Down the moor. It's upon the heather, And down the moor and through the heather I spied a lass and a very bonny lass She was scooping the dew from upon the heather Down the moor
Barefoot was she, she was comely dressed, And her head bore neither hat nor feather, But a plaid hung neatly round her waist As she tripped through the blooming heather Down the moor. It's upon the heather, And down the moor and through the heather But her plaid hung neatly round her waist As she tripped through the blooming heather Down the moor.
I stepped up to this fair young maid, “Tell me your name, what brings you hither.” She answered me, “Down by the bonny burn side And I'm herding all my ewes together Down the moor.” It's upon the heather, And down the moor and through the heather She answered me, “Down by the bonny burn side And I'm herding all my ewes together Down the moor.”
I courted her that live-long day, My heart was light as any feather, Until the beams of the red-setting sun Came shining down upon the heather Down the moor. It's upon the heather, And down the moor and through the heather Until the beams of the red-setting sun Came shining down in among the heather Down the moor.
She said “Young man, I must away, For my ewes are straying from each other I'm as loath to part from you As the bonnie wee lambs are to part from their mother Down the moor. It's upon the heather, And down the moor and through the heather I'm as loath to part from you As the bonnie wee lambs are to part from their mother Down the moor.”
So up she got and away she went, Her place and name I could not gather. But if I were a king I'd make her a queen, The bonnie wee lass I met upon the heather Down the moor. It's upon the heather, And down the moor and through the heather If I were a king I'd make her a queen, The bonnie lass I met in among the heather Down the moor.