Emily Smith - Sweet Lover Of Mine lyrics

As I cam o'er by Bonny Moor Hill* Every rose grows bonny in time I met a wee la**, and they ca'ed her Nell Longing to be a sweet lover o mine It's questions three I'll ask o thee Every rose grows bonny in time And it's questions three you maun answer me Before you are a sweet lover o mine You maun mak me a cambric shirt Every rose grows bonny in time Withoot one stitch o your needlework Before you are a sweet lover o mine You maun wash it in yonder well Every rose grows bonny in time Where water ne'er ran and rain never fell Before you are a sweet lover o mine Then dry it oot on yonder thorn Every rose grows bonny in time Where blossom ne'er bloomed since Adam was born Before you are a sweet lover o mine It's questions three you've asked o me Every rose grows bonny in time And it's questions three you'll noo answer me Before you are a sweet lover o mine You maun get me an acre of land Every rose grows bonny in time Atween the saut sea and sea water strand Before you are a sweet lover o mine Then plough it aa wi an auld ram's horn Every rose grows bonny in time And then sow it o'er wi one grain of corn Before you are a sweet lover o mine You maun sheer it with a sickle of leather Every rose grows bonny in time And bind it up wi a peaco*k's feather Before you are a sweet lover o mine Then stook it o'er on yonder sea Every rose grows bonny in time And bring the shell sheaf dry unto me Before you are a sweet lover o mine When you've done and finished your work Every rose grows bonny in time You may call untae me for your cambric shirt And you shall be a sweet lover o mine