Am

[Verse]
                   G
As I roved out one fine summer's morn
      Am               C        D
Amang lofty hills, moorland and mountain
       Am              G
It was there I spied a weel faurt maid
   D      C           G     Am
As I, wi' others, was oot a-hunting

[Verse]
                        G
No shoes nor stocking's did she wear
    Am              C       D
And neither had she cap nor feather
        Am                  G
But her golden hair hung in ringlets fair
        D      C             G         Am
An' the gentle breeze played round her shoulders

[Verse]
                          G
I said, “Braw lassie, why roam ye alone
    Am            C        D
Why roam ye lane amang the heather?”
              Am         G
She says, “My faither's awa frae hame
        D       C      G        Am
An' I'm herdin' a' his yowes taegither”

[Verse]
                         G
I said, “Braw lassie, if you'll be mine
    Am                C      D
And care tae lie on a bed o' feather
   Am               G
In silks an' satins you will shine
           D     C      G        Am
And you'll be my queen amang the heather”

[Verse]
                          G
She said, “Kind sir, your offers good
        Am               C         D
Ah, but I'm afraid 'twas meant for laughter
      Am               G
For I see you are some rich squire's son
    D    C     G               Am
And I am but a poor shepherd's daughter”

[Verse]
                       G
“Ah, but had ye been a shepherd loon
  Am               C      D
A-herdin' yowes in yonder valley
   Am            G
Or had ye been a ploughman's son
    D     C       G         Am
Wi' a' my hert, I would hae lo'ed ye”

[Verse]
                                 G
Now I've been tae halls an' I've been tae balls
      Am             C      D
I hae been to London and Balquhidder
        Am                 G
But the bonniest lass that e'er I have saw
        D       C      G        Am
She was herdin' yowes amang the heather

[Verse]
                     G
So we both sat doon upon the plain
   Am                C         D
We sat awhile an' we talked taegether
       Am                 G
An' we left the yowes tae stray their lane
       D        C      G        Am
Till I lo'ed my Queen amang the heather

[Outro]
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