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[Verse 1]
G                       D       C     D
I've heard them liltin', at the ewe milkin,'
G                 D            G
Lasses a-liltin' before dawn of day.
D       F          C         G        C     D
But now they are moanin', on ilka green loanin'.
    G              C         D        G
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away.

[Verse 2]
G                           D          C       D
As boughts in the mornin', nae blithe lads are scornin',
G                  D            G
Lasses are lonely and dowie and wae.
D       F          C         G        C     D
Nae daffin', nae gabbin', but sighin' and sobbin',
    G              C         D        G
Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her away.

[Verse 3]
G                       D             C     D
At e'en in the gloamin', nae swankies are roamin',
G                         D            G 
'Mang stacks wi' the lasses at bogle to play.
D       F          C         G        C     D
But ilk maid sits drearie, lamentin' her dearie,
    G              C         D        G
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away.

[Verse 4]
G                         D              C     D
In har'st at the shearin' nae youths now are jeerin'
G                      D            G
Bandsters are runkled, and lyart, or grey.
D       F          C         G        C     D
At fair or at preachin', nae wooin', nae fleecin',
    G              C         D        G
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away.

[Verse 5]
G                            D       C     D
Dool for the order sent our lads to the Border,
G                     D            G
the English for ance by guile wan the day.
D       F          C         G        C     D
The flowers of the forest, that fought aye the foremost,
    G              C         D        G
The prime of our land lie cauld in the clay.

[Verse 6]
G                            D       C     D
We'll hae nae mair liltin', at the ewe milkin',
G                 D            G
Women and bairns are dowie and wae.
D       F          C         G        C     D
Sighin' and moanin' on ilka green loanin',
    G              C         D        G
The flowers of the forest are all wede away.