Capercaillie The Slopes Of Strath Bàn Lyrics

The Slopes Of Strath Bàn Lyrics

Walking out early alone on a morning in May  
Among green fields, an outcast and purposeless  
I saw a maiden who lived some way above me  
As she washed her clothes out in the slopes of Strath Bàn  
 
I then climbed upwards to the maiden I loved  
And courteously and mildly I spoke to her:  
" It`s over a year since our love began,  
And if you are willing we shall marry at once."  
 
"Marry? I`m too young to marry just now-  
Your sort has a tongue that could cause trouble anywhere;  
My father and mother would scold me forever more  
If I were to marry the likes of you  
You feckless young man."  
 
But you young girls everywhere who are still unmarried  
Don`t go turning young men down through pride or contempt  
How sad for me to be unmarried forever more  
I`ll have to live alone  
Out on the slopes of Strath Bàn...