Dougie Maclean - Bonnie Woods O' Hatton lyrics

Ye comrades and companions and all ye females dear To my sad lamentations i pray you lend an ear For it's once i lo'ed a bonnie la** i lo'ed her as my life It was my sole intention to make that girl my wife I said "my dearest betsy when will you name a time When you and i'll get married love and hands together join? And you'll sit in oor wee cottage and you'll neither spin nor sew While your own kind herted highland lad gaes whistling at the plough" I courted wi yon bonnie la** for twelve months and a day Sometimes among the green gra** sometimes among the hay And i courted her the leelong nicht and part o' the next day Till she said "dearest sandy it's time you were away" There's castom and there's caddom mills and leather mills likewise Their woods and waters many more bring pleasure tae mine eyes But the bonnie woods o' hatton they aye grow green in may And it's there the bonnie la**ie lived that stole my hert away I'll speak aboot yon bonnie la** though she be far awa I'll speak aboot yon bonnie la** tae those she never saw And i'll tell them that i lo'ed her weel although she proved untrue And left me doon by hatton woods my follies for to rue But blessings on yon bonnie la** wherever she may be I wish no evil unto her although she slighted me I only hope some day that she might say before she dees I wish i'd wed yon highland lad that sang so sweet to me