Wi' My Dog And Gun - Silly Wizard

Wi' my dog and gun, through the bloomin' heather

For game and pleasure I took my way

I met a maid, she was tall and slender

Her eyes enticed me some time to stay

I said «Fair maid, do you know I love you?

Tell me your name and your dwelling, oh so?»

«Oh, excuse my name, but you’ll find my dwelling

By the mountain streams where the moorcocks crow.»

I said «Fair maid, if you wed a farmer

You’ll be tied for life tae one plot of land

I’m a rovin' Johnny, if you gone wi' me

You will have no ties, so gi' me your hand.»

«Ah, but if my parents knew I loved a rover

It is that I’m sure would be my overthrow

So I’ll stay at home for another season

By the mountain streams where the moorcocks crow.»

«So it’s fare thee well, love, another season

We will meet again in yon woodland vale

And I’ll set you down all upon my knee, love

And I’ll listen to your lovesick tale

«And it’s arm in arm we will go together

Through the lofty trees, in the valley below

Where the lenties sing their song so sweetly

By the mountain streams where the moorcocks crow.»