I've heard them lilting, at the ewe milking.
Lasses a' lilting, before dawn of day;
But now they are moaning, on ilka green loaning;
The flowers of the forest are a' wede away.


'The Flowers of the Forest' (1769), the most popular version of the traditional lament for the Battle of Flodden in 1513

Jane Elliot Quotes

I've heard them lilting, at the ewe milking. Lasses a' lilting, before dawn of day; But now they are moaning, on ilka green loaning; The flowers of...

I've heard them lilting, at the ewe milking. Lasses a' lilting, before dawn of day; But now they are moaning, on ilka green loaning; The flowers of...

I've heard them lilting, at the ewe milking. Lasses a' lilting, before dawn of day; But now they are moaning, on ilka green loaning; The flowers of...

I've heard them lilting, at the ewe milking. Lasses a' lilting, before dawn of day; But now they are moaning, on ilka green loaning; The flowers of...