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.