Dougie Maclean Gloomy Winter Lyrics

Gloomy Winter’s now awa
Soft the westlin’ breezes blaw

‘Mang the birks o’ Stanley shaw

The mavis sings fu’ cheerie O

Sweet the crawflowr’s early bell

Decks Glenifer’s dewy dell

Bloomin’ like yer bonnie sel’

My young my artless dearie O

Come my lassie let us stray

O’er Glenkilloch’s sunny brae

Blythely spend the gowden day

‘Midst joys that never wearie O

Tow’ring o’er the Newton woods Lav’rocks fan the snaw-white clouds

Siller saughs wi’ downy buds

Adorn the banks saw briery O

Round the sylvan fairy nooks

Feath’ry breckans fringe the rocks

‘Neath the brae the burnie jouks

And ilka thing is cheerie O

Trees may bud and birds may sing

Flowers may bloom and verdue spring

But joy to me they canna bring

Unless wi’ ye my dearie