Letra de Ythanside - Barbara Dickson

As I gaed doon by Ythanside
Where swiftly flows the rolling tide
A fair young maid passed by my side
She looked at me and smiled

She was a maid of beauty bricht
As ever trod the Braes o' Gight
I could have spent the lee lang nicht
Wi' her on Ythanside

I turned my back on Fyvie's bells
And my poor heart gave mony's the knell
I speired the road to St. John's Wells
With courage stout and bold

But the maid she turned wi'oot delay
An' unto me began to say
"I scarcely go two miles this way
Young man, I'll tell ye plain."

"But gin ye gang the gate ye came,
I'll get a man to show ye hame
Oot ower yon bonnie flowery glen
And doon by Ythanside."

I thanked the maid and turned richt bold
The flocks were drivin' tae the fold
And many's a lively tale she told
Just as we passed along

'Till at length we reached her faither's hame
Sae bashfully as I gaed ben
Thinks I mysel', "I'm far frae hame
Although on Ythanside"

But the people a' they seemed discreet
Ilka ane aboot did creep
The auid guidwife brocht ben a seat
And bad me tae sit doon

I sat me there right well content
The auid guidman for news was bent
To court the maid was my intent
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The truth I'll tell ye plain

But as I sat there noo at my ease,
They treated me tae breid an' cheese
The bairnies they played roun' my knees
Wasn't that a blythesome sight

But the servant lads began to spit
And gaither a' up tae their fit
Thinks I, "My lads, you're gaun tae flit
And a' bound for your beds"

Then up I started straight outricht
Bade them a' a blithe guidnicht
And speired the road to Mains' o' Gight
To which the maid replied:

"I'll show ye by the barn door"
Judge ye gin oor twa hairts were sore
To pairt and never meet nae more
On bonnie Ythanside

I held the fair maid by the hand
The time was short, we had to stand
I got a kiss upon demand
These words to me she said:

"When you come back this road again
It's wi' you then I will be gaun"
And I gaed whistlin' through the glen
And hame by Ythanside

When he cam back it was in the Spring
An' on her finger put a ring
An' from her hame he has her ta'en
On bonnie Ythanside

This couple they've got mairried noo
They hae bairnies - ane and two
And as much land as keeps a coo
On bonnie Ythanside