C  F  G
C  F  G

[Verse 1]
   C              F
As I rode down by Brig O Dye
    G                C
And past yon hill o' broom
  F                 C
A maiden sang right merrily
     F               G
Just as the sun gaed doon

[Chorus]
         F                 C
Sayin', "Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare
    Dm7                 G
And cauld lies Clach na Benn
    C       F                  Am
And you can see the snow lyin' there
 Dm7               F
Along the summer's end"

[Verse 2]
        C              F
Well, I lighted off my dapple grey
    G             C
And walked by her side
         F             C
Sayin', "Lassie, I hae lost my way
 F                 G
Upon your moor sae wide
    F              C
Oh, war me o' your face sae fair
    F             G
Yer een sae bonny blue
        C       F              Am
An' the longest day I blithely share
    Dm7              F
Tae kiss your cherry moo

[Chorus]
         F                 C
Sayin', "Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare
    Dm7                 G
And cauld lies Clach na Benn
    C       F                  Am
And you can see the snow lyin' there
 Dm7               F
Along the summer's end"

[Verse 3]
   C               F
Oh lassie, will ye gan wi' me
    G                     C
And leave yer cauld richt glen?
    F                C
Wi' a' my kin, ye'll bear the gree
        F                    G
There's wealth baith but and ben
    F                C
Wi' silks and satins busket braw
    F               G
And ribbons fer yer hair
    C         F              Am
And maids tae answer when ye ca'
   Dm7             F
So can ye wish for mair?

[Chorus]
         F                 C
Sayin', "Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare
    Dm7                 G
And cauld lies Clach na Benn
    C       F                  Am
And you can see the snow lyin' there
 Dm7               F
Along the summer's end"

[Verse 4]
    C               F
Oh, lassie, ye maun think awhile
   G                 C
My lands are far and wide
     F                 C
I've gold in banks and ships at sea
   F              G
So come and be my bride
   F                 C
My faither's left me lordships twa
  F              G
A coach at my command
     C       F            Am
I'll mak' ye lady o' them a'
   Dm7              F
If ye'll gie me yer hand

[Chorus]
         F                 C
Sayin', "Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare
    Dm7                 G
And cauld lies Clach na Benn
    C       F                  Am
And you can see the snow lyin' there
 Dm7               F
Along the summer's end"

[Verse 5]
    C                 F
Oh, lassie, think yer Donald's poor
    G                 C
Has neither horse nor coo
  F                   C
A shepherd stragglin' ower the moor
   F               G
Is no' a match for you"
    F                 C
"Oh Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare
    F                   G
And cauld lies Clach na Benn
        C      F              Am
And I'd rather meet my Donald there
     Dm7                F
Than be fair Scotland's Queen"

[Chorus]
         F                 C
Sayin', "Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare
    Dm7                 G
And cauld lies Clach na Benn
    C       F                  Am
And you can see the snow lyin' there
 Dm7               F
Along the summer's end"

[Verse 6]
     C                     F
"Oh, lassie I am loath tae tell
    G               C
You throw yer love awa'
    F             C
Yer Donald brally kens himsel'
     F               G
Last gloamins what I saw
   F             C
As I rode by his shielin' door
  F               G
I spied a heiland maid
        C      F                   Am
And yer Donald kissed her ower and ower
    Dm7               F
And rolled her in his plaid"

[Chorus]
         F                 C
Sayin', "Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare
    Dm7                 G
And cauld lies Clach na Benn
    C       F                  Am
And you can see the snow lyin' there
 Dm7               F
Along the summer's end"

[Verse 7]
     C                 F
"Oh, would you swear a solemn oath
     G                C
What you hae told tae me?
  F                 C
I wouldnae dread my Donald's faith
    F                G
But sae base loon ye lee"
     F                   C
It's he's thrown off his laland dress
       F               G
Combed doon his yellow hair
         C       F                    Am
Sayin', "Lassie, you've been true tae me
    Dm7                F
And now we'll part nae mair

[Chorus]
         F                 C
Sayin', "Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare
    Dm7                 G
And cauld lies Clach na Benn
    C       F                  Am
And you can see the snow lyin' there
 Dm7               F
Along the summer's end"

[Verse 8]
    C                 F
Nae mair I'm shepherd o' the glen
    G                C
But laird a'yont the Dee
    F                 C
And since ye hae been true tae me
     F                  G
I'll aye prove true tae thee"

[Chorus]
         F                 C
Sayin', "Cairn O' Mount is bleak and bare
    Dm7                 G
And cauld lies Clach na Benn
    C       F                  Am
And you can see the snow lyin' there
 Dm7               F
Along the summer's end"