Lyrics - Bonie Lesley by Burns Robert

BONIE
LESLEY(
Robert
Burns)
O,
Saw ye bonie
Lesley,
As she gaed o'er the
Border?
She's gane, like
Alexander,
To spread her conquests farther!
To see her is to love her,
And love but her for ever;
For
Nature made her what she is,
And never made anither!
Thou airt a queen, fair
Lesley-
Thy subjects, we before thee!
Thou art divine, fair
Lesley-
The hearts o' men adore thee.
The
Deil he could na skaith thee,
Or aught that wad belang thee,
He'd look into thy bonie face,
And say:-'
I canna wrang thee!'
The
Powers aboon will tent thee,
Misfortune sha'na steer thee:
Thou'rt like themsels sae lovely,
That ill they'll ne'er let near thee
Return again, fair
Lesley,
Return to
Caledonie!
That we may brag we hae a lass
There's nane again sae bonie.
Tune:
The
Colliers
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