Story-Telling Ballads / Selected and Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Boys' and Girls' Own Reading

by Unknown

With three shining diamonds set therein,

And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.

“As lang as these diamonds keep their hue,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan,

Ye’ll know I am a lover true,

And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.

“But when your ring turns pale and wan,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan,

Then I’m in love with another man,

And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.”