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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 87

When the Kye Comes Hame

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When the Kye Comes Hame.

Come a' ye jolly shepherds
That whistle through the glen,
I'll tell ye o' a secret
That courtiers dinna ken.
What is the greatest bliss
That the tongue o' man can name?
'Tis to woo a bonnie lassie
When the kye comes hame.
When the kye comes hame,
When the kye comes hame,
'Tween the gloamin' and the mirk,
When the kye comes hame.

'Tis not beneath the burgonet,
Nor yet beneath the crown,
'Tis not on couch of velvet,
Nor yet on bed of down:
'Tis beneath the spreading birch,
In the dell without a name,
Wi' a bonnie, bonnie lassie,
When the kye comes hame. (Chorus.)

See yonder pawky shepherd
That lingers on the hill—
His yowes are in the fauld,
And his lambs are lying still;
Yet he downa gang to rest,
For his heart is in a flame
To meet his bonnie lassie,
When the kye comes hame.
When the kye comes hame, &c.

Awa' wi' fame and fortune—
What comfort can they gi'e?—
And a' the arts that prey upon
Man's life and liberty!
Gi'e me the highest joy
That the heart o' man can frame,
My bonnie, bonnie lassie,
When the kye comes hame.
When the kye comes hame, &c.