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[ song is generally called "The Braes of Ballendine," because it is sung to the tune which goes by that name. The tune is ascribed to Oswald, but though it appears in his Pocket Companion, it has not the usual asterism affixed to his own compositions. The words are by Ferdinando Tenducci, the celebrated Italian singer of Scottish songs, who taught music at Edinburgh for many years during the latter half of the last century, used to sing this song publicly with great effect.—The Braes of Ballendine are gentle elevations which rise from the Carse of Gowrie towards the Sidlaw Hills.]

bonnie woods o' castle Doune, ye knowes and fairy braes,

An' a' ye glens an' leafy glades—the haunt of happy days;

The licht o' heaven disna shine sae sweetly on me now

As when I saw ye lang lang syne, amang the silver dew.

Ye summer winds that sang sae sweet alang the broomy hills,

Ye wee bit flowers that smiled sae glad beside the dancing rills,

Your sang an' smile they canna wile the wrinkles aff my brow,

For a' my greenerie o' life is brown an' faded now.