A       D     A      E
Ca' the yowes to the knowes
F#m       D         E       E
Call them where the heather grows
F#m       D         A      C#m
Call them where the burnie rowes
Bm   A    D
My bonnie dearie

A           D        A     E
When I went down the water-side
   F#m     D      E       E
To see the fishes sweetly plaid
  F#m       D     A         C#m
Beneath the hazel spreading wide
        Bm        A         D
And the moon that shines so clearly

     A      D        A     E
When I went down the water-side
      F#m     D      E        E
'Twas there I met my shepherd lad
   F#m      D          A   C#m
He row'd me sweetly in his plaid
    Bm         A     D
And called me, I his dearie

   A          D        A           E
If you'll but stand to what you've said
     F#m       D       E      E
I'll come with you, my bonnie lad
    F#m     D      A       C#m
And you may row me in your plaid
    Bm     A       D
And I will be your dearie

    A        D         A       E
You will get gowns and ribbons meet
    F#m     D       E       E
And leather shoes upon your feet
    F#m   D           A       C#m
And in my arms you'll lie and sleep
Bm A      D
My bonnie dearie

[Intermezzo]
F#m7

   A      D      A      E
As waters wimple to the sea
      F#m        D      E      E
While day breaks in the sky so high
      F#m       D           A        C#m
Till' clay-cold death shall blind my eye
Bm      A      D
I shall be thy dearie

      F#m       D           A        C#m
Till' clay-cold death shall blind my eye
Bm      A      D
I shall be thy dearie