This one started out life as the opening and closing line 'By the Banks o' Bonny Tweed' with a flute or fiddle air in mind. It uses a very familiar verse pattern and melodic structure, and if it happens to be original, that is pure chance. I would be amazed if the name has not been used before and the tune is so generic I expect Anon and Trad to knock on the door demanding royalties. A little trouble with earthing and noise from the gear this time, and a couple of clipping clicks. Changed my recording set-up and it needs work! The words could do with a wee bit tidying to remove inconsequential bathos...

Lyrics

It was by the banks o' bonny Tweed
My love and I did roam
It was by the banks o' bonny Tweed
We found for us a home
Though far horizons call to us
We have here all we need
Where time runs deep and the great fish leap
By the banks o' bonny Tweed

It was on the banks o' bonny Tweed
Our children once did play
And from the banks o' bonny Tweed
Life sent them on their way
Yet still these hills will call the back
If makin' no great speed
As the heron glides across the tide
By the banks o' bonny Tweed

It is by the banks o' bonny Tweed
My love and I will stay
And by the banks o' bonny Tweed
Shall greet each dawin' day
Like birds in winter we may fly
On that we're both agreed
But return to nest where life is best
On the banks o' bonny Tweed