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