Name: Ca' the Yowes
Duration: P00H05M02S
Description: This is my arrangement of a poem by Robert Burns, the first of two that he wrote by this name.

Ca' the Yowes

by Elizabeth Timmerman

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This is my arrangement of a poem by Robert Burns, the first of two that he wrote by this name.

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Ca' the yowes to the knowes,
Ca' them where the heather grows,
Ca' them where the burnie rowes,
My bonnie dearie.

As I went down the water-side,
'Tis there I met my shepherd lad:
He row'd me sweetly in his plaid,
And he ca'd me his dearie.

Will ye gang down the water-side,
And see the waves sae sweetly glide
Beneath the hazels spreading wide,
The moon it shines fu' clearly.

Ca' the yowes to the knowes,
Ca' them where the heather grows,
Ca' them where the burnie rowes,
My bonnie dearie.

Ye sall get gowns and ribbons meet,
Cauf-leather shoon upon your feet,
And in my arms ye'll lie and sleep,
An' ye sall be my dearie.

If ye'll but stand to what ye've said,
I'll gang wi' ye, my shepherd lad,
And ye may row me in your plaid,
And I sall be your dearie.

While waters wimple to the sea,
While day blinks in the lift sae hie,
Till clay-cauld death sall blind my e'e,
Ye sall be my dearie.

Ca' the yowes to the knowes,
Ca' them where the heather grows,
Ca' them where the burnie rowes,
My bonnie dearie.

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released January 26, 2013

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