Sweet Lover of Mine - Emily Smith

As I can over by Bonny Moor Hill

Every rose grows bonny in time

I met a wee lass

And they called her Nell

Longing to be a sweet lover o mine

It's questions three I'll ask o thee

Every rose grows bonny in time

And it's questions

Three you maun answer me

Before you are a sweet lover o mine

You maun make me a cambric shirt

Every rose grows bonny in time

Withoot one stitch o your needlework

Before you are a sweet lover o mine

You maun wash it in yonder well

Every rose grows bonny in time

Where water never ran

And rain never fell

Before you are a sweet lover o mine

Then dry it oot on yonder thorn

Every rose grows bonny in time

Where blossom never bloomed

Since Adam was born

Before you are a sweet lover o mine

It's questions three

You've asked o me

Every rose grows bonny in time

And it's questions

Three you'll noo answer me

Before you are a sweet lover o mine

You maun get me an acre of land

Every rose grows bonny in time

Atween the saut sea

And sea water strand

Before you are a sweet lover o mine

Then plough it aa wi

An auld ram's horn

Every rose grows bonny in time

And then sow it over

Wi one grain of corn

Before you are a sweet lover o mine

You maun sheer

It with a sickle of leather

Every rose grows bonny in time

And bind it up wi

A peacock's feather

Before you are a sweet lover o mine

Then stook it over on yonder sea

Every rose grows bonny in time

And bring the shell sheaf dry unto me

Before you are a sweet lover o mine

When you've done

And finished your work

Every rose grows bonny in time

You may call untae me

For your cambric shirt

And you shall be a sweet lover o mine