...to me; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doune and dee. — Douglas of FinglanJ Highland Mary YE banks and braes and streams around The castle o'...underneath their fragrant shade I clasped her to my bosom! Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a...

...in heart-wrung tears I '11 pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I '11 wage thee. 1792 HIGHLAND MARY s not always think. 285 Me oft has Fancy ludicrous...wild, Soothed with a waking dream of houses, towers, 5 And there the langest tarry; For there I took the last fareweel, O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly...

...farewell before she should embark for the West Highlands to prepare for our projected change of life." Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o'...took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. 48 Highland Mary How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath...

...Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your water never drumlie! There Summer first unfald her robes, And there the langest tarry! For there...last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary! How sweetly bloom'd the gay, green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I...

...of bis lyrics. The poem " Highland Mary ' ' was composed upon the sixth anniversary of her death. " Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o'...took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. " Wi' many a vow and locked embrace. Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again,...