blythe was she 注释标题 written at oughtertyre. phemie is miss euphemia murray, a cousin of sir william murray of oughtertyre.—lang.

　　tune—“andro and his cutty gun.”

　　chorus.—blythe, blythe and merry was she,

　　blythe was she but and ben;

　　blythe by the banks of earn,

　　and blythe in glenturit glen.

　　by oughtertyre grows the aik,

　　on yarrow banks the birken shaw;

　　but phemie was a bonier lass

　　than braes o' yarrow ever saw.

　　blythe, blythe, c.

　　her looks were like a flow'r in may,

　　her smile was like a simmer morn:

　　she tripped by the banks o' earn,

　　as light's a bird upon a thorn.

　　blythe, blythe, c.

　　her bonie face it was as meek

　　as ony lamb upon a lea;

　　the evening sun was ne'er sae sweet,

　　as was the blink o' phemie's e'e.

　　blythe, blythe, c.

　　the highland hills i've wander'd wide,

　　and o'er the lawlands i hae been;

　　but phemie was the blythest lass

　　that ever trod the dewy green.

　　blythe, blythe, c.