Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes Whaur oft times I've been cheery Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes For it's there I lost my dearie As I cam in by Strichen toon I heard a fair maid mournin' She was makin' sair complaint O' her true love ne'er returnin' Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes Whaur oft times I've been cheery Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes For it's there I lost my dearie There's aye guid fish intae the sea As ever yet was taken I'll cast my line and try again For I'm only aince forsaken Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes Whaur oft times I've been cheery Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes For it's there I lost my dearie There's mony a horse has snappert an' fa'n An' risen again fu' rarely There's mony a lass has lost her lad And gotten anither richt early Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes Whaur oft times I've been cheery Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes For it's there I lost my dearie Well, I'll put on me gown o' green It's a forsaken token And that will let the young lads ken That the bonds o' love are broken Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes Whaur oft times I've been cheery Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes For it's there I lost my dearie Well, I'll gae back to Strichen toon Whaur I was bred and born in An' there I'll get another lad Tae marry me in the morning' Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes Whaur oft times I've been cheery Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes For it's there I lost my dearie Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes Whaur oft times I've been cheery Fair thee weel ye Mormond Braes For it's there I lost my dearie