O' a' the toons that I've been in, I dearly love Dundee, It's there the bonnie lassie lives, The lass I love to see. Her face is fair, broon is her hair, And dark blue is her e'e, And aboon a' the lasses e'er I saw, There's nane like her to me— The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee. I see her in my night dreams, Wi' her bonnie blue e'e, And her face it is the fairest, That ever I did see; And aboon a' the lassies e'er I saw, There's nane like her to me, For she makes my heart feel lichtsome, And I'm aye richt glad to see— The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee. Her eyes, they beam with innocence, Most lovely for to see, And her heart it is as free from guile, As a child on its mother's knee; And aboon a' the lasses e'er I saw, There's nane like her to me, For she aye seems so happy, And has a blythe blink in her e'e— The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee. The lassie is tidy in her claes, Baith neat and clean to see; And her body's sma and slender, And a neat foot has she; And aboon a' the lassies e'er I saw, There's nane like her to me— The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee. She sings like the nightingale, Richt merrily, or a wee lintie, Wi' its heart fou' o' glee, And she's as frisky as a bee; And aboon a' the lassies e'er I saw, There's nane like her to me— The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee. The lassie is as handsome As the lily on the lea, And her mou' it is as red As a cherry on the tree; And she's a' the world to me, The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie Wi' the bonnie blue e'e, She's the joy o' my heart And the flower o' Dundee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SABBATH MORNING by L. DALE AHERN HOW DO I KNOW? by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON MY FOOLISH DEEDS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH RHYME FOR REMEMBRANCE OF MAY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON LANGEMARCK AT YPRES by WILLIAM WILFRED CAMPBELL FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 5 by THOMAS CAMPION |