Sweet Lover of Mine

Sweet Lover of Mine -Emily Smith
As I can over by Bonny Moor Hill
Every rose grows bonny in time
I met a wee lass
And they called her Nell
Longing to be a sweet lover o mine
It 's questions three I 'll ask o thee
Every rose grows bonny in time
And it 's questions
Three you maun answer me
Before you are a sweet lover o mine
You maun make me a cambric shirt
Every rose grows bonny in time
Withoot one stitch o your needlework
Before you are a sweet lover o mine
You maun wash it in yonder well
Every rose grows bonny in time
Where water never ran
And rain never fell
Before you are a sweet lover o mine
Then dry it oot on yonder thorn
Every rose grows bonny in time
Where blossom never bloomed
Since Adam was born
Before you are a sweet lover o mine
It 's questions three
You 've asked o me
Every rose grows bonny in time
And it 's questions
Three you 'll noo answer me
Before you are a sweet lover o mine
You maun get me an acre of land
Every rose grows bonny in time
Atween the saut sea
And sea water strand
Before you are a sweet lover o mine
Then plough it aa wi
An auld ram 's horn
Every rose grows bonny in time
And then sow it over
Wi one grain of corn
Before you are a sweet lover o mine
You maun sheer
It with a sickle of leather
Every rose grows bonny in time
And bind it up wi
A peacock 's feather
Before you are a sweet lover o mine
Then stook it over on yonder sea
Every rose grows bonny in time
And bring the shell sheaf dry unto me
Before you are a sweet lover o mine
When you 've done
And finished your work
Every rose grows bonny in time
You may call untae me
For your cambric shirt
And you shall be a sweet lover o mine