Edzells Bonnie Braes

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

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                               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

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                                   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

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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

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                                     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