THE BAND O' SHEARERS
Traditional
Oh summer days and heather
bells
Come bloomin' min' owre yon
high, high hills;
There's yellow corn in a' the
fields,
And autumn brings the shearin'.
Chorus :
Bonnie lassie will ye gang
And shear wi' me the hale day
lang?
And love will cheer us as we
gang
Tae join yon band o' shearers.
Oh if the weather be's owre
hot
I'll cast my gravat and my
coat,
And shear wi' ye amang the
lot,
When we join you band o'
shearers.
And if the thistle is owre
strang,
And pierce your lily
milk-white hand,
It's wi' my hook I'll cut it
down,
When we gang tae the shearin'.
And if the weather be's owre
dry,
They'll say there's love twixt
you and I,
But we will proudly pass them
by,
When we join yon band o'
shearers.
And when the shearin' it is
done,
And slowly sets the evening
sun,
We'll have some rantin' roarin'
fun,
And gang nae mair tae the
shearin'.
Final Chorus :
So bonnie lassie bricht and
fair,
Will ye be mine for evermair?
If ye'll be mine then I'll be
thine,
And we'll gang nae mair tae
the shearin'.
Footnote : Not a song about shearing sheep but a traditional harvest song
from the days when large numbers where required to reap corn. Nowadays
modern machinery requires much less labour but farmers still hope for good
weather for the hairst - 2002 has provided that.
