Songs We Like to Sing


Published 1912
The Blue Bells of Scotland

            Mrs. Jordan

Oh, where! and oh, where is your Highland laddie gone?
He's gone to fight the foe, for King George upon the throne;
And it's oh! in my heart, how I wish him safe at home!

oh, where! and oh, where does your Highland laddie dwell?
He dewlt in merry Scotland at the sign of the Blue Bell;
And it's oh! in my heart, that I love my laddie well.

What clothes, in what clothes is your Highland laddie clad?
His bonnet's Saxon green, and his waist-coat of the plaid;
And it's oh! in my heart, that I love my Highland lad.

Suppose, and suppose that your Highland lad should die?
The bagpipes should play o'er him, I'd lay me down and cry;
And it's oh! in my heart, that I wish he may not die.








© 1999, Lynn Waterman