Cairn o' Mount based on a poem by Alexander Balfour (1767 - 1829) adapted to music by Tony Cuffe (1954 - 2001) inspired by North Sea Gas' version 4 bar intro: G C|G C|G C|G C| I left the banks o winding Dee and haughs o bonny green C G D G C D G Where birds sang blithe on ilka tree and flooers bloomed fair atween C C G D G Am D As I gaed in by Brig o' Dye just as the sun gaed doun C G/B Am G C D A lassie sang sae merrily amang the heather broun C G/B Am G Am D CHORUS: "Though Cairn o' Mount is bleak and bare and cold is Clochnaben C G Am G C D I'd rather meet my Donald there than be fair Scotland's queen." C G Am G C D |: G Am C D :| (4 bar tag) I jumpit off my dapple grey, and stepped doun by her side, Said, "Lassie I ha lost my way amang the muirs sae wide Leeze me on yer bonny face, yer een sae bonny blue The langest day I'd blithely spare tae be alane wi you." CHORUS (4 bar tag) "Bonnie lassie gang wi' me and leave this cauldrife glen O' a' yir kin ye'll hae degree, wi wealth, baith butt and ben In silks and satins, buskets braw, and ribbons for yir hair Maids tae answer when ye ca', how could ye wish for mair?" CHORUS (4 bar tag) "O bonny lassie think a wee, my lands stretch far and wide I hae gowd in banks, and ships at sea, sae wilt thou be my bride? My faither's left me lairdships twa, a hoose at my command I'll mak you lady o' them a' if ye'll gie me yer hand." CHORUS (2 bar tag) (The Bonniest Lass in the World, 1x through) (4 bar tag) I flung aside my Lowland coat, camb doun my yella hair Cried "Leeze me on thee bonny Bess, we meet tae pairt nae mair (2 bars guitar) Nae langer Donald o the Glen, I'm laird ayont the Dee The hairt that proved thee for its ain will aye prove true to thee." CHORUS CHORUS