Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
Bonny Maid of Fife
The Bonny Maid of Fife
The Bonny Maid of Fife
One evening fair he took the air
Down by the River Fourth
For to take his ease and to watch the geese
Fly in squadrons from the north
And there he spied all on the tide,
He knew in all is life
He'd never seen such a gentle queen
As the bonny maid of fife
Her eyes were like some summer fair
In autums' wisdoms' door
A man could find more treasure there
Than in any pirates' hoard
A smile so free and rich as the sea
Pierced his heart like any knife
As she skipped and she danced all on the sand
This bonny maid of Fife
And as she dances she sang the tune
Of a hue both sweet and sad
Her gentle tones could charm the stones
Or captivate of any lad
The birds began to tune their voices
And set the sky alight
But their notes were shrill beside the trill
Of the bonnie maid of Fife
He has been a traveller bold
Far off from Scotland's gate
Through Norway and through Holland
He's plied the roving trade
He's seen fair maids in London town
He's lived a freemans' life
But his heart's full swell
He's in the spell of the bonnie maid of Fife
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