The Scottish Minstrel (First Series)/Dumbarton's bonnie Dell
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DUMBARTON'S BONNIE DELL.
Words by C. M. Westmacott. Music by J. Sinclair. Key-note G.
There's ne'er a nook in a' the land,
Victoria rules sae well,
There's naething half sae canty, grand,
As blythe Dumbarton's dell;
And would you speer the reason why,
The truth I'll fairly tell,
A winsome lassock lives hard by
Dumbarton's bonnie dell.
Victoria rules sae well,
There's naething half sae canty, grand,
As blythe Dumbarton's dell;
And would you speer the reason why,
The truth I'll fairly tell,
A winsome lassock lives hard by
Dumbarton's bonnie dell.
Up by yon glen Loch Lomond laves,
Where bold M'Gregors dwell;
And bogles dance o'er heroes' graves,
There lives Dumbarton's belle;
She's blest with every charm in life,
And this I know full well—
I'll ne'er be happy till my wife
Is blythe Dumbarton's belle.
Where bold M'Gregors dwell;
And bogles dance o'er heroes' graves,
There lives Dumbarton's belle;
She's blest with every charm in life,
And this I know full well—
I'll ne'er be happy till my wife
Is blythe Dumbarton's belle.