Flooers O The Forest

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[Verse 1]
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I've heard them liltin', at the 
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ewe milkin,'
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Lasses a-liltin' before dawn of day.
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But now they are moanin', on 
       C     D
ilka green loanin'.
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The flowers of the forest are a' 
     G
wede away.

[Verse 2]
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As boughts in the mornin', nae 
D          C       D
blithe lads are scornin',
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Lasses are lonely and dowie and wae.
Continúa después del anuncio
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Nae daffin', nae gabbin', but 
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sighin' and sobbin',
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Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and 
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hies her away.

[Verse 3]
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At e'en in the gloamin', nae 
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swankies are roamin',
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'Mang stacks wi' the lasses at 
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bogle to play.
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But ilk maid sits drearie, 
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lamentin' her dearie,
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The flowers of the forest are a' 
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wede away.

[Verse 4]
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In har'st at the shearin' nae 
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youths now are jeerin'
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Bandsters are runkled, and lyart,
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 or grey.
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At fair or at preachin', nae 
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wooin', nae fleecin',
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The flowers of the forest are a' 
     G
wede away.

[Verse 5]
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Dool for the order sent our lads 
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to the Border,
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the English for ance by guile wan 
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the day.
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The flowers of the forest, that
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 fought aye the foremost,
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The prime of our land lie cauld 
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in the clay.

[Verse 6]
G                            D   
We'll hae nae mair liltin', at 
    C     D
the ewe milkin',
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Women and bairns are dowie and wae.
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Sighin' and moanin' on ilka 
       C     D
green loanin',
    G              C         D   
The flowers of the forest are all
     G
 wede away.