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Ower The Moor Amang The Heather     Credits: Traditional; arranged by the Tannahill Weavers     Appears On: Alchemy     Language: Scots-English     Other Versions: "Down The Moor" on Katie McMahon's album After The Morning

Lyrics:

Ower the moor amang the heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
By my life, she shall be mine
The bonnie lass amang the heather

Comin' thro' the craigs o' Kyle
Amang the bonnie bloomin' heather
There I met a bonnie lassie
Keeping a' her yowes thegither
Ower the moor amang the heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
There I met a bonnie lassie
Keeping a' her yowes thegither

Says I, "My dear, whaur is your hame?
In moor or dale, pray tell me whether"
"Sir, I tent the fleecy flocks
That feed amang the bloomin' heather"
Ower the moor amang the heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
Sir, I tent the fleecy flocks
That feed amang the bloomin' heather

We laid us doon upon a bank
Sae warm and sunny was the weather
She left her flocks at large tae rove
Amang the bonnie bloomin' heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
She left her flocks at large tae rove
Amang the bonnie bloomin' heather

While thus we lay she sang a sang
'Til echo rang a mile or further
Aye the burden o' the sang
Was ower the moor amang the heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
Aye the burden o' the sang
Was ower the moor amang the heather

She charmed my heart and aye sinsyne
I couldnae think on onie ither
By my life, she shall be mine
The bonnie lass amang the heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
By my life she shall be mine
The bonnie lass amang the heather

Ower the moor amang the heather
Ower the moor amang the heather
There I met a bonnie lassie
Keeping a' her yowes thegither