I like to play it after Ye banks and Braes, they form a nice set. The author of this song's music, often used as PrinceĬharles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), commonly known as Bonnie PrinceĬharlie or The Young Pretender, was the pretender to the thrones ofĮngland, Scotland, and Ireland. Over the sea to Skye, after his defeat at Culloden in 1746. This Scottish folk song is about the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Aft hae I rov'd by bonnie Doon To see the rose and woodbine twine And ilka bird sang o' its luve, And fondly sae did I o' mine Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, Fu' sweet upon its thorny tree! And my fause luver stole my rose - But, ah! he left the thorn wi' me.
Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care! Thou'll break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn! Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed, never to return. I like to play it followed by The Skye Boat Song, they form a nice set. Here is a song by Robert Burns in one of his more soulful moods as heĭescribes a love-lost girl as she wanders by the banks of the river Share with you the transcriptions I've done for viola of two songsīased on Burns poems, together with two other popular Scottish song. So, what does Robert Burns have to do with the viola? Well, simplyĪre a few songs based on poems he wrote that I like playing on the
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