The lang lad they ca'Jumpin John Beguil'd the bonie lassie, The lang lad they ca'Jumpin John Beguil'd the bonie lassie.
Bonie lassie, will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go, Bonie lassie, will ye go To the birks of Aberfeldy!
Would then my noble master please To grant my highest wishes, He'll shade my banks wi' tow'ring trees, And bonie spreading bushes.
O look not sae sweet, my bonie babe, Gin ye smyle sae, ye'll smyle me dead.
And the green leaves they grow rarely 2 'Smile na sae sweet, my bonie babe, And ye smile sae sweet, ye'll smile me dead.
Why pu's thou the rose, Janet, Amang the groves sae green, And a' to kill the bonie babe That we gat us between?
Young Charlie Cochrane Was the sprout of an aik; Bonie and bloomin' And straught was its make: The sun took delight To shine for its sake, And it will be the brag O' the forest yet.
Lady Mary Ann Was a flower i' the dew, Sweet was its smell, And bonie was its hue!
But I foor up the glen at e'en, To see my bonie lassie; And lang before the gray morn cam, She was na hauf sa sacie.
As I came down yon waterside, And by yon shellin-hill O, There I spied a bonie bonie lass, And a lass that I lov'd right well O.
She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonie wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine.
Cum down, cum down, my bonie bird, Cum sit upon my hand; And ye sall hae a cage o the gowd, Where ye hae but the wand.
Lammikin nipped thebonie babe, while loud fals nourice sings; Lammikin nipped the bony babe, while hich the red blude springs.
Then up and spake a bonie bird, That sat upon the tree: 'What hae ye done wi Earl Richard?
And we will sail the sea sae green, Unto some far countrie, Or we'll sail to some bonie isle, Stands lanely midst the sea.
Behold my Visage welle, And graspe thisbonie Hand so thinne agenn!
Satan sits in his black neuk-- [corner] My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
Viewing Willie and his men-- [Duke of Cumberland] My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
Breaking sticks to roast the Duke-- My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
There our foes that burnt and slew-- My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
There at last they gat their due-- My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
The bloody monster gae a yell-- [gave] My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
He set his Jenny on his knee, All in his Highland dress; And brawlie weel he kend the way To please a bonie lass.
As he was walking up the street The city for to view, O, there he spied a bonie lass The window looking thro!
Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, That sings upon the bough: Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause Luve was true!
Aft hae I rov'd bybonie Doon To see the woodbine twine, And ilka bird sang o' its luve, And sae did I o' mine.
Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the west, For there the bonie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best.
Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, That I may drink before I go A service to my bonie lassie!
THE BANKS O' DOON Ye flowery banks o' bonie Doon, How can ye blume sae fair!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bonie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
