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Oh Rowan Tree,Oh Rowan Tree, How
dear thou be to me Entwined thou art with
many ties of hame and infancy
(Chorus)
Thy leaves were aye the first of spring
Thy leaves the summers pride
There was nae such a bonny tree in all the
country side
How fair wert thou in summer time with all thy
clusters white
How rich and gay thy autumn dress with berries
red and bright
(Chorus)
On thy fair stem were many times which now nae
mair I see
But they're engraven on my heart forgot they
ne'er be
We sat aneath thy spreading shade the bairnes
round thee ran
They pu'd thy bonny berries red and necklaces
they strang
(Chorus)
My mother, Oh! i see her still she smiled out
sports to see
With little Jeanie on her lap and Jamie at her
knee
Oh there arose my father's prayer in holy
evening's calm
How sweet was then my mother's voice in martyrs
psalm
(Chorus)
Now all are gone! We meet nae mair aneath the
Rowan Tree
But hallowed thoughts around me turn of hame and
infancy
Of hame and infancy

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