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EILIDH MY FAWN by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: FAR AWAY UPON THE HILLS AT THE LIGHTING OF THE DAWN
Last Line: FOR O IT WAS THE HUNTING THEN OF MY BONNIE, BONNIE FAWN!
Subject(s): DEER; HAPPINESS; HEARTS; HUNTING; JOY; DELIGHT; HUNTERS;
Far away upon the hills at the lighting of the dawn
I saw a stirring in the fern and out there leapt a fawn:
And O my heart was up at that and like the wind it blew
Till its shadow hovered o'er the fawn as 'mid the fern it flew.

And Eilidh! Eilidh! Eilidh! was the wind song on the hill,
And Eilidh! Eilidh! Eilidh! did the echoing corries fill:
My hunting heart was glad indeed, at the lighting of the dawn,
For O it was the hunting then of my bonnie, bonnie Fawn!



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