[Verse 1] "Go fetch to me a pint o' wine And fill it in a silver tassie That I may drink Before I go A service to my bonnie lassie [Verse 2] "The boat rocks at the pier o' Leith Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the ferry The ship rides by the Berwick Law And I maun leave my bonnie Mary." [Chorus] The trumpet sounds The banners fly The glittering spears are ranked ready The shouts o' war are heard afar The battle closes deep and bloody It's not the roar o' sea or shore Wad mak me langer wish to tarry; Nor shouts o' war that's heard afar— It's leaving thee My bonnie Mary [Verse 3] When autumn winds sweep o'er the hill And green leaves fade And boughs are yellow And pale-hued flow'rs lie dead and chill And streams rush wailing down the valley I fly O'er moor and mountain grey And leave my weary heart behind me And seek the bonnie banks o' Spey And lovely Mary to remind me [Chorus] The song of birds The gentle voice Of friends I love and kinsfolk tender The bonnie fields o' purple heath The lands where flit my soul's defenders— They call me back I come again To those I love and those who love me To hearts that ne'er should part so far To dear ones who for me are mourning [Verse 4] O Mary! when I leave this earth And yield my spirit to my Maker Lay me beneath the soil o' Spey And say a prayer My bonnie Mary And let a red Red heather bloom Spring up above my weary bosom And o'er it shed the red o' thy heart In token o' thy love Dear Mary
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