009 As I Cam O'er The Cairney Mount
Tune: The Highland Lassie
Chorus
O, my bonie Highland lad!
My winsome, weel faur'd Highland laddie!
Wha wad mind the wind and rain,
Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie!
1．
As I cam o'er the Cairney mount,
And down among the blooming heather,
Kindly stood the milkin'-shiel
To shelter frae the stormy weather.
2．
Now Phoebus blinkit on the bent,
And o'er the knowes the lambs were bleating;
But he wan my heart's consent,
To be his ain at the neist meeting.
Notes
Titile As I Cam O'er The Cairney Mount: When I Came Over The Cairney Mount
This song improves on a bawdy ballad.
Chorus
Line 1 bonie: lovely
Line 2 weel faur'd Highland laddie: well-favoured Highland lad
Line 3 Wha wad: who would
Line 4 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie!: So well wrapped in his tartan plaid!
Stanza 1
Line 3 milkin'-shiel: milking-shed
Line 4 frae: from
Stanza 2
Line 1 Phoebus: the sun; blinkit on the bent: shone on the moorland grass
Line 2 o'er: over; knowes: hills
Line 3 wan: won
Line 4 ain: own; neist: next