KELSO CIVIC WEEK
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    • Pre civic Week
    • Kelso Civic Week
      • Declaration
      • Morebattle Rideout
      • Saturday
        • Tennis Challenge
        • 5-a-side Football (Senior)
        • Golf Gents Open
        • Clay Pigeon Shoot
      • Sunday
        • 10K Run
        • Family Day
        • Baby Show
        • 5-a-side Football (Junior)
        • Laying of Wreath
        • Kirkin of Laddie
      • Monday
        • Art Exhibition
        • Pet Show
        • Ride to Heiton & Roxburgh
        • Whipman's & Sprouston Ride
        • Equestrian events
      • Tuesday
        • Ride to Stichill, Hume & Ednam
        • Darts Competition
        • Karaoke
      • Wednesday
        • Children's Sports
        • Installation of Kelso Laddie
        • Torchlight
      • Thursday
        • Children's Fancy Dress
        • Ride to Floors Castle
        • Fun Cycle Run
        • Grand Civic Week Ball
      • Friday
        • Swimming Gala
        • Slater's Show Visit
      • Saturday
        • Gentleman's Breakfast
        • Ride to Yetholm
        • Entertainment in the Square
        • Fancy Dress Procession
        • Presentation of Cups
  • Songs & Poems
    • Yetholm Day
    • Civic Week in Kelsae is Really Hard to Beat
    • Kelsae Bonnie Kelsae
    • Kelso Laddies
    • Gallant Chiels O' Kelsae
    • Bonnie Kelsae Toon
    • Kelso, Jewel Upon the Tweed
    • The Bonnet Blue
    • Bonnie Kelso
    • Charming Banks O Tweed
    • Dae Richt Fear Nocht
    • Ride on, Kelso Laddies, Ride on
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  • Home
  • 2020 Events
    • Special 2020 Events
    • Civic Week at a Glance
    • 10k Run
    • Poetry Competition
    • Garden Fancy Dress
    • Art Competition
    • Childrens Pet Show
    • Spot the odd object
  • Gallery
    • Your 2019 Photos
    • Pre civic Week
    • Kelso Civic Week
      • Declaration
      • Morebattle Rideout
      • Saturday
        • Tennis Challenge
        • 5-a-side Football (Senior)
        • Golf Gents Open
        • Clay Pigeon Shoot
      • Sunday
        • 10K Run
        • Family Day
        • Baby Show
        • 5-a-side Football (Junior)
        • Laying of Wreath
        • Kirkin of Laddie
      • Monday
        • Art Exhibition
        • Pet Show
        • Ride to Heiton & Roxburgh
        • Whipman's & Sprouston Ride
        • Equestrian events
      • Tuesday
        • Ride to Stichill, Hume & Ednam
        • Darts Competition
        • Karaoke
      • Wednesday
        • Children's Sports
        • Installation of Kelso Laddie
        • Torchlight
      • Thursday
        • Children's Fancy Dress
        • Ride to Floors Castle
        • Fun Cycle Run
        • Grand Civic Week Ball
      • Friday
        • Swimming Gala
        • Slater's Show Visit
      • Saturday
        • Gentleman's Breakfast
        • Ride to Yetholm
        • Entertainment in the Square
        • Fancy Dress Procession
        • Presentation of Cups
  • Songs & Poems
    • Yetholm Day
    • Civic Week in Kelsae is Really Hard to Beat
    • Kelsae Bonnie Kelsae
    • Kelso Laddies
    • Gallant Chiels O' Kelsae
    • Bonnie Kelsae Toon
    • Kelso, Jewel Upon the Tweed
    • The Bonnet Blue
    • Bonnie Kelso
    • Charming Banks O Tweed
    • Dae Richt Fear Nocht
    • Ride on, Kelso Laddies, Ride on
    • Footsteps of the Brave
  • Newsletters
  • Merchandise
  • Ex Kelso Laddies Club
  • History
    • Kelso Laddies
    • Colour Bussers
    • Whipman's Ceremony
  • 2021 Golden & Silver Laddies

Bonnie Kelso

Often when twilight and shadows fall,
And winds sing their song to the trees,
And birds are at rest in their soft downy nests,
Comes a message from over the seas,
Calling me homeward, homeward again,
To the loveliest spot on this earth,
And my heart throbs with pain, as I picture again,
Bonnie Kelso the toon o' my birth.

Chorus
Bonnie Kelso, Bonnie Kelso,
Scotland's fairest toun,
Comes happy mem'ries of you,
Tae cheer my saddest hour,
Home sweet home sae dear to me,
Though far from you I roam,
Ma hearts in Bonnie Kelso,
My Border home sweet home.

Often I picture the monks at prayer,
And gazed on the Old Abbey Walls,
Their beads they would tell at the angelus bell,
​In those days that are gone past recall,
And where Te'iot meets Tweed,
There oft when a boy I would roam,
Those dear happy days I remember always,
Bonnie Kelso my dear Border Home.

Chorus
Bonnie Kelso, Bonnie Kelso,
Scotland's fairest toun,
Comes happy mem'ries of you,
Tae cheer my saddest hour,
Home sweet home sae dear to me,
Though far from you I roam,
Ma hearts in Bonnie Kelso,
​My Border home sweet home.

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  • Home
  • 2020 Events
    • Special 2020 Events
    • Civic Week at a Glance
    • 10k Run
    • Poetry Competition
    • Garden Fancy Dress
    • Art Competition
    • Childrens Pet Show
    • Spot the odd object
  • Gallery
    • Your 2019 Photos
    • Pre civic Week
    • Kelso Civic Week
      • Declaration
      • Morebattle Rideout
      • Saturday
        • Tennis Challenge
        • 5-a-side Football (Senior)
        • Golf Gents Open
        • Clay Pigeon Shoot
      • Sunday
        • 10K Run
        • Family Day
        • Baby Show
        • 5-a-side Football (Junior)
        • Laying of Wreath
        • Kirkin of Laddie
      • Monday
        • Art Exhibition
        • Pet Show
        • Ride to Heiton & Roxburgh
        • Whipman's & Sprouston Ride
        • Equestrian events
      • Tuesday
        • Ride to Stichill, Hume & Ednam
        • Darts Competition
        • Karaoke
      • Wednesday
        • Children's Sports
        • Installation of Kelso Laddie
        • Torchlight
      • Thursday
        • Children's Fancy Dress
        • Ride to Floors Castle
        • Fun Cycle Run
        • Grand Civic Week Ball
      • Friday
        • Swimming Gala
        • Slater's Show Visit
      • Saturday
        • Gentleman's Breakfast
        • Ride to Yetholm
        • Entertainment in the Square
        • Fancy Dress Procession
        • Presentation of Cups
  • Songs & Poems
    • Yetholm Day
    • Civic Week in Kelsae is Really Hard to Beat
    • Kelsae Bonnie Kelsae
    • Kelso Laddies
    • Gallant Chiels O' Kelsae
    • Bonnie Kelsae Toon
    • Kelso, Jewel Upon the Tweed
    • The Bonnet Blue
    • Bonnie Kelso
    • Charming Banks O Tweed
    • Dae Richt Fear Nocht
    • Ride on, Kelso Laddies, Ride on
    • Footsteps of the Brave
  • Newsletters
  • Merchandise
  • Ex Kelso Laddies Club
  • History
    • Kelso Laddies
    • Colour Bussers
    • Whipman's Ceremony
  • 2021 Golden & Silver Laddies