Lyrics - The Flowers o' the Forest

I've heard them liltin', at the ewes milkin'
Lasses are liltin', before the dawn of day

Noe they are moanin', on ilka green loanin'
The flowers o' the forest, are a' wede away

Dool in way for the order, sent our lads tae the Border
The English for ance, by guile wan the day

The flowers o' the forest, that fought aye the foremost
The prime of our land, lies cold in the clay.

We'll hae nae mair liltin', at the ewes milkin
Women and bairns, are heartless end wae

Sighin' and moanin', on ilka green loanin'
The flowers o' the forest, are all wede away.

The Flowers o' the Forest
attr. Lady Nairne
From album - 'Smuggler' (Transatlantic Records XTRA 1149)

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