G       C     G      D
Ca' the yowes to the knowes
G        C         D       D
Ca' them where the heather grows
Em       C         G      Bm
Ca' them where the burnie rowes
Am G      D
My bonnie dearie

     G      C        G     D
When I went down the water-side
      G       C      D        D
'Twas there I met my shepherd lad
   Em       C       G      Bm
He rowed me sweetly in his plaid
    Am      G     D
And ca'd me I his dearie

     G       C        G     D
Will ye come down the water-side
   G       C      D       D
To see the fishes sweetly glide
  Em        C     G         Bm
Beneath the hazel spreading wide
        Am        G         D
And the moon that shines so clearly

   G         C         G       D
Ye will have gowns and ribbons meet
    G       C      D        D
And leather shoes upon your feet
    Em    C          G       Bm
And in my arms ye'll lie and sleep
Am G      D
My bonnie dearie

   G         C        G          D
If ye'll but stand to what ye've said
       G         C       D     D
I will come with you, my bonie lad
    Em     C      G       Bm
And ye may row me in your plaid
    Am     G      D
And I will be thy dearie

   G      C      G      D
As waters wimple to the sea
      G          C      D      D
While day breaks in the sky so high
     Em        C           G        Bm
Till clay-cold death shall blind my eye
Am      G      Em
I shall be thy dearie
     Em        C           G        Bm
Till clay-cold death shall blind my eye
Am      G      Em
I shall be thy dearie