Love

The Sun Is Setting on Sweet Glengarry

by Robert Allan 1774–1841

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, vol. 2 (1855–57)

Love

The sun is setting on sweet Glengarry,
The flow'rs are fair and the leaves are green;
O bonnie lassie, ye maun be my dearie,
And the rose is sweet in the dew at e'en.

Doun yon glen ye never will weary,
The flow'rs are fair and the leaves are green;
Bonnie lassie, ye maun be my dearie,
And the rose is sweet in the dew at e'en.

Birds are singing fu' blythe and cheery,
The flow'rs are fair and the leaves are green;
Bonnie lassie, on bank sae briery,
And the rose is sweet in the dew at e'en.

In yonder glen there 's naething to fear ye,
The flow'rs are fair and the leaves are green;
Ye canna be sad, ye canna be eerie,
And the rose is sweet in the dew at e'en.

The water is wimpling by fu' clearly,
The flow'rs are fair and the leaves are green;
Oh! ye sall ever be my dearie,
And the rose is sweet in the dew at e'en.

MLA

Allan, Robert. “The Sun Is Setting on Sweet Glengarry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/allan_r/6/.

Chicago

Allan, Robert. “The Sun Is Setting on Sweet Glengarry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/allan_r/6/.

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