Name: Falls Of Moness
Duration: P00H05M06S
Description: This is a new version of Burns’s song ‘The Birks of Aberfeldy,’ in which he describes the Falls of Moness. There are not, however, and it seems, never have been, many ‘birks,’ or birches, in Aberfeldy.

Falls Of Moness

from The Prentice Bard by Alan Dickson

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This is a new version of Burns’s song ‘The Birks of Aberfeldy,’ in which he describes the Falls of Moness. There are not, however, and it seems, never have been, many ‘birks,’ or birches, in Aberfeldy.

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Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes,
And o'er the crystal streamlet plays,
Come, let us spend the lightsome days,
By the fa’s o’ Moness, in Aberfeldy the day.

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Bonnie lassie, will ye go,
will ye go, will ye go,
Bonnie lassie, will ye go
Tae the fa’s o’ Moness, in Aberfeldy the day?

The little birdies blithely sing,
While o'er their heads the hazels hing;
Or lightly flit on wanton wing,
O’er the fa’s o’ Moness, in Aberfeldy the day.

Chorus

The braes ascend like lofty wa's,
The foaming stream, deep-roaring, fa's,
O'er-hung wi’ fragrant spreading shaws,
The fa’s o’ Moness, in Aberfeldy the day.

Chorus

The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi’ flowers,
White o'er the linns the burnie pours,
And, rising, weets wi' misty showers,
The fa’s o’ Moness, in Aberfeldy the day.

Chorus

Let fortune's gifts at random flee,
They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me,
Supremely blest wi' love and thee,
By the fa’s o’ Moness, in Aberfeldy the day.

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from The Prentice Bard, released April 7, 2012

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Alan Dickson Glasgow, UK

Scottish singer songwriter Alan Dickson was born in Leith but now based in Glasgow. Alan writes about life in Scotland and beyond, mainly of a personal and political nature.

Descended from a Leith docker, he remarks: "as life mimics art I'm just like my grandfather, only he used a rivet gun and I use a guitar."

Among his influences are Robert Burns, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Dick Gaughan. ... more

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