Loch Tay Boat Song |
When I've done my work of day, And I row my boat away Doon the waters of Loch Tay As the evening light is fading And I look upon Ben Lawers Where the after glory glows And I think on two bright eyes And the melting mouth below.
She's my beauteous nighean ruadh, | Nighean ruadh, your lovely hair Has more glamour I declare Than all the tresses rare 'tween Killin and Aberfeldy Be they lint white, brown or gold, Be they blacker than the sloe They are worth no more to me Than the melting flake of snow.
Her eyes are like the gleam |
She's my beauteous nighean ruadh, She's my joy and sorrow too And although she is untrue, Well I cannot live without her For my heart's a boat in tow And I'd give the world to know Why she means to let me go As I sing horee horo. |