One morn in May when fields were gay Serene and pleasant was the weather I spied a lass and a bonnie bonnie lass She was whoopin' the dew fray among the heather Down the moon In among the heather o'er the moor and through the heather I spied a lass and a bonnie bonnie lass She was whoopin' the dew fray among the heather Down the moon I steppened up to this fair maid What is your name? Come tell me hither And she answered me down by the bonnie burn side And I herding all my ewes together Down the moor In among the heather o'er the moor and through the heather And she answered me down by the bonnie burn side And I herding all my ewes together Down the moor Barefoot was she, she was comely dressed And on her head ne'er hat nor feather But the plait hung neatly around her waist As we tripped through the blooming heather Down the moor In among the heather o'er the moor and through the heather But the plait hung neatly around her waist As we tripped through the blooming heather Down the moor O'er the moor and through the heather But the plait hung neatly around her waist As we tripped through the blooming heather Down the moor I courted her that lee long day My heart was as light as any feather Until the rays of the red setting sun Came shining down in among the heather Down the moor In among the heather o'er the moor and through the heather Until the rays of the red setting sun Came shining down in among the heather Down the moor Then up she got and away she went Her name and place I can not gather But if I was a king, I'd make her my queen That bonnie wee lass I met among the heather Down the moor In among the heather o'er the moor and through the heather But if I was a king, I'd make her my queen That bonnie wee lass I met among the heather Down the moor