Rowan Tree-Craig Herbertson

[ti:Rowan Tree] [ar:Craig Herbertson] [al:A Health to the Ladies] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rowan Tree - Craig Herbertson [00:03.61]Oh rowan tree oh rowan tree [00:07.07] [00:07.99]Thou'lt aya be dear to thee [00:10.45] [00:12.22]Entwined thou art wi' many ties [00:15.33] [00:16.60]O'hame and infancy [00:18.14] [00:22.63]Thy leaves were aye the first of spring [00:25.80] [00:26.66]Thy flowers the summer's pride [00:29.19] [00:30.91]There was nae sic a bonnie tree [00:34.19] [00:35.32]In a' the country side [00:37.32] [00:39.42]Oh rowan tree [00:42.01] [00:45.75]How fair you were in summer time [00:49.09] [00:49.85]Wi' a'thy clusters white [00:52.14] [00:54.00]How rich and gay thy autumn dress [00:57.33] [00:58.30]Wi' berries red and bright [01:00.90] [01:02.43]On thy fair stem were mony names [01:05.73] [01:06.63]Which now nae mair I see [01:09.29] [01:12.55]But they're engraven on my heart [01:15.88] [01:16.63]Forget they ne'er can be [01:19.28] [01:20.63]Oh rowan tree [01:23.57] [01:27.33]We sat aneath thy spreadin' shade [01:30.59] [01:31.43]The bairnies round thee ran [01:34.02] [01:35.47]They pu'd they bonnie berries red [01:38.97] [01:39.67]And necklaces they strang [01:42.46] [01:43.90]My mither oh I see her still [01:47.20] [01:47.98]She smil'd our sports to see [01:50.52] [01:52.27]Wi' little jeannie on her lap [01:55.49] [01:56.42]And jamie on her knee [01:58.77] [02:00.56]Oh rowan tree [02:03.13] [02:06.94]Oh there arose my father's pray'r [02:10.27] [02:11.00]In holy ev'ning's calm [02:13.66] [02:15.21]How sweet was them my mother's voice [02:18.88] [02:19.68]In the martyrs' psalm [02:21.98] [02:23.77]Now a'are gane [02:25.67]We meet nae mair aneath the rowan tree [02:30.49] [02:33.07]But hallow'd thoughts around thee twine [02:36.57] [02:37.51]O'hame and infancy [02:39.40] [02:43.44]Oh rowan tree