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[Verse 1]
GDCD
I've heard them liltin', at the ewe milkin,'
GDG
Lasses a-liltin' before dawn of day.
DFCGCD
But now they are moanin', on ilka green loanin'.
GCDG
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away.
[Verse 2]
GDCD
As boughts in the mornin', nae blithe lads are scornin',
GDG
Lasses are lonely and dowie and wae.
DFCGCD
Nae daffin', nae gabbin', but sighin' and sobbin',
GCDG
Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her away.
[Verse 3]
GDCD
At e'en in the gloamin', nae swankies are roamin',
GDG
'Mang stacks wi' the lasses at bogle to play.
DFCGCD
But ilk maid sits drearie, lamentin' her dearie,
GCDG
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away.
[Verse 4]
GDCD
In har'st at the shearin' nae youths now are jeerin'
GDG
Bandsters are runkled, and lyart, or grey.
DFCGCD
At fair or at preachin', nae wooin', nae fleecin',
GCDG
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away.
[Verse 5]
GDCD
Dool for the order sent our lads to the Border,
GDG
the English for ance by guile wan the day.
DFCGCD
The flowers of the forest, that fought aye the foremost,
GCDG
The prime of our land lie cauld in the clay.
[Verse 6]
GDCD
We'll hae nae mair liltin', at the ewe milkin',
GDG
Women and bairns are dowie and wae.
DFCGCD
Sighin' and moanin' on ilka green loanin',
GCDG
The flowers of the forest are all wede away.