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Let fortune's gifts at random flee, They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me, Supremely blest wi’ love and thee In the birks of Aberfeldy.

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THE BANKS O'CLYDE.

Awa awa my Jamie's gane, Out owre the seas, far far frae hame He's gane, and cross the ocean wide, And left the bonny banks of Clyde.

Awa he’s gane to fight his foe, And left me hire in grief and woe; My love who led me by his side, Alana the bonny banks o' Clyde.

On Govan banks, whar Clyde doth flow, There ilka laddie arms his joe; While lanely I maun mourn and chide, Upon the bonny banks o' Clyde.

O, in the rosy month o’ May, The lav'rock rais’d its cheerfu' lay, The mavis sang, the blackbird vied, Around the bonny banks o’ Clyde.