O, Were I on Parnassus Hill Songtext
von Jean Redpath

O, were I on Parnassus Hill
And had of Helicon my fill
That I might catch poetic skill
To sing how dear I love thee

But Nith maun be my Muse as well
My muse maun be thy bonnie sell
On Corsincon I′ll glower and spell
And write how dear I love thee


Then come, sweet Muse, inspire my lay
For, a' the lee-lang simmer′s day
I couldna sing, I couldna say
How much, how dear I love thee

I see thee dancing ower the green
Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean
Thy tempting lips, thy roguish een
By heaven and earth, I love thee!

By night, by day, a-field, at hame
The thoughts of thee my breast inflame!
And aye, I muse and sing thy name
I only live to love thee


Though I were doomed to wander on
Beyond the sea, beyond the sun
Till my last weary sand was run
Till then, and then I'll love thee