Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 (of 3) / Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition

by Walter Scott

O wha wad wish the wind to blaw,

Or the green leaves fa' therewith?

Or wha wad, wish a lealer love

Than Brown Adam the smith?

But they hae banished him, Brown Adam,

Frae father and frae mother;

And they hae banished him, Brown Adam,

Frae sister and frae brother.

And they hae banished him, Brown Adam,

The flower o' a' his kin;