THE TYNE.
Reading edition
Tune—"Banks and Braes o' bonny Doon."
Clear crystal Tyne, sweet smiling stream, Gay be the flow'rs thy banks along, For there the darling of my theme Oft sports thy verdant meads among. Flow on, sweet Tyne, and gently glide, And pour thy commerce o'er the main, May Plenty o'er thy banks preside, To bless thee with her smiling train. Green be thy fields, Britannia dear, With plenty flowing o'er thy land, But chief the banks of Tyne, for there I'll often rove, at Love's command,— There meet my lass upon the green, And flow'ry garlands for her twine, While smiling pleasure glads the scene, Upon the blooming banks of Tyne.
J. Wilson
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