The Book of Scottish Song/Caledonia 1

by Robert Allan

For works with similar titles, see Caledonia.

Caledonia.

[Robert Allan.—Air, "Kelvin Grove."]

The simmer sweetly smiles in Caledonia,
The simmer sweetly smiles in Caledonia,
Whare the scented hawthorns blaw,
White as the drifted snaw,
'Mang the bonnie woods and wilds o' Caledonia.

There's motintain, hill, and dale, in Caledonia,
There's mountain, hill, and dale, in Caledonia,
There's mountain, hill, and dale,
Where lovers tell their tale,
By the bonnie siller streams o' Caledonia.

The twilight hour is sweet in Caledonia,
The twilight hour is sweet in Caledonia,
The twilight hour is sweet,
When fa's the dewy weet,
On the bonnie banks and braes o' Caledonia.

The glens are wild and steep in Caledonia,
The glens are wild and steep in Caledonia,
The glens are wild and steep,
And the ocean's wide and deep,
That encircles thee, my native Caledonia.

There's a bonnie, bonnie lass in Caledonia,
There's a bonnie, bonnie lass in Caledonia,
Ilka airt the wind can blaw,
She's fairest o' them a',
An' the dearest ane to me in Caledonia.

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