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 Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes!
 My peace with these, my love with those.
  The bursting tears read more 
 Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes!
 My peace with these, my love with those.
  The bursting tears my heart declare;
   Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr. 
 Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.
 [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins read more 
 Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.
 [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent 
ou l'on veut aller.] 
 From Stirling Castle we had seen
 The mazy Forth unravelled;
  Had trod the banks of Clyde and read more 
 From Stirling Castle we had seen
 The mazy Forth unravelled;
  Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay,
   And with the Tweed had travelled;
    And when we came to Clovenford,
     Then said "my winsome marrow,"
      "Whate'er betide, we'll turn aside,
       And see the braes of Yarrow." 
 The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is 
turned topsy turvy.)  
 The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is 
turned topsy turvy.) 
 He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for 
his guide.
 [Fr., read more 
 He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for 
his guide.
 [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent 
ou l'on veut aller.] 
 Out of the hills of Habersham,
 Down the valleys of Hall,
  I hurry amain to reach the read more 
 Out of the hills of Habersham,
 Down the valleys of Hall,
  I hurry amain to reach the plain;
   Run the rapid and leap the fall,
    Split at the rock, and together again
     Accept my bed, or narrow or wide,
      And flee from folly on every side
       With a lover's pain to attain the plain,
        Far from the hills of Habersham,
         Far from the valleys of Hall. 
 How sweet to move at summer's eve
 By Clyde's meandering stream,
  When Sol in joy is seen read more 
 How sweet to move at summer's eve
 By Clyde's meandering stream,
  When Sol in joy is seen to leave
   The earth with crimson beam;
    When islands that wandered far
     Above his sea couch lie,
      And here and there some gem-like star
       Re-opes its sparkling eye. 
 Two ways the rivers
 Leap down to different seas, and as they roll
  Grow deep and still, read more 
 Two ways the rivers
 Leap down to different seas, and as they roll
  Grow deep and still, and their majestic presence
   Becomes a benefaction to the towns
    They visit, wandering silently among them,
     Like patriarchs old among their shining tents. 
 "O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
 And call the cattle home,
  And call the cattle read more 
 "O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
 And call the cattle home,
  And call the cattle home,
   Across the sands o' Dee;"
    The western wind was wild and dank wi' foam
     And all alone went she.