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Up cam the tide wi' a burst and a whush	A
And back gaed the stanes wi' a whurr	B
The king's son walkit i' the evenin hush	A
To hear the sea murmur and murr	B
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Straucht ower the water slade frae the mune	C
A glimmer o' cauld weet licht	D
Ane o' her horns rase the water abune	C
And lampit across the nicht	D
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Quhat's that and that far oot i' the gray	B
The laich mune bobbin afore	B
It's the bonny sea maidens at their play	B
Haud awa king's son frae the shore	B
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Ae rock stude up like an auld aik root	D
The king's son he steppit ahin'	C
The bonny sea maidens cam gambolin oot	D
Kaimin their hair to the win'	C
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O merry their lauch whan they fan the warm san'	C
For the lichtsome reel sae meet	D
Ilk are flang her kaim frae her pearly ban'	C
And tuik til her pearly feet	D
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But are wha's beauty was dream and spell	E
Her kaim on the rock she cuist	D
Her back was scarce turnt whan the munelicht shell	E
Was lyin i' the prince's breist	D
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The cluds grew grim as he watched their game	F
Th' win' blew up an angry tune	C
Ane efter are tuik up her kaim	F
And seaward gaed dancin doon	C
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But are wi' hair like the mune in a clud	D
Was left by the rock her lane	C
Wi' flittin ban's like a priest's she stude	D
'Maist veiled in a rush o' rain	C
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She spied the prince she sank at his feet	D
And lay like a wreath o' snaw	C
Meltin awa i' the win' and weet	D
O' a wastin wastlin thaw	G
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He liftit her trimlin wi' houp and dreid	D
And hame wi' his prize he gaed	D
And laid her doon like a witherin weed	D
Saft on a gowden bed	D
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A' that nicht and a' day the neist	D
She never liftit heid	D
Quaiet lay the sea and quaiet lay her breist	D
And quaiet lay the kirkyard deid	D
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But quhan at the gloamin a sea breeze keen	C
Blew intil the glimsome room	H
Like twa settin stars she opened her een	C
And the sea flooer began to bloom	H
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And she saw the prince kneelin at her bed	D
And afore the mune was new	C
Careless and cauld she was wooed and wed	D
But a winsome wife she grew	C
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And a' gaed weel till their bairn was born	C
And syne she cudna sleep	I
She wud rise at midnicht and wan'er till morn	C
Hark harkin the sough o' the deep	I
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Ae nicht whan the win' gaed ravin aboot	D
And the winnocks war speckled wi' faem	H
Frae room to room she strayt in and oot	D
And she spied her pearly kaim	H
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She twined up her hair wi' eager ban's	J
And in wi' the rainbow kaim	H
She's oot and she's aff ower the shinin san's	J
And awa til her moanin hame	H
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The prince he startit whaur he lay	B
He waukit and was himlane	C
He soucht far intil the mornin gray	B
But his bonny sea wife was gane	C
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And ever and aye i' the mirk or the mune	C
Whan the win' blew saft frae the sea	J
The sad shore up and the sad shore doon	C
By the lanely rock paced he	J
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But never again on the sands to play	B
Cam the maids o' the merry cauld sea	J
He heard them lauch far oot i' the bay	B
But hert alane gaed he	J

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