blythe was she 注释标题 written at oughtertyre. phemie is miss euphemia murray, a cousin of sir william murray of oughtertyre.—lang.

tune—“andro and his cutty gun.”

chorus.—blythe, blythe and merry was she,

blythe was she but and ben;

blythe by the banks of earn,

and blythe in glenturit glen.

by oughtertyre grows the aik,

on yarrow banks the birken shaw;

but phemie was a bonier lass

than braes o' yarrow ever saw.

blythe, blythe, c.

her looks were like a flow'r in may,

her smile was like a simmer morn: