Green Grow the Rashes, O lyrics

Green grow the rashes, O

Green grow the rashes, O

The sweetest hours that e’er I spend

Are spent amang the lasses, O

There's nought but care on ev’ry han'

In ev’ry hour that passes, O

What signifies the life of man

An’ ’twere not for the lasses, O

Green grow the rashes, O

Green grow the rashes, O

The sweetest hours that e’er I spend

Are spent amang the lasses, O

Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears

Her noblest work she classes, O

Her prentice han’ she try’d on man

An’ then she made the lasses, O

Green grow the rashes, O

Green grow the rashes, O

The sweetest hours that e’er I spend

Are spent amang the lasses, O

Give me a quiet hour at e’en

My arms about my dearie, O

And wordly cares and worldly men

May all go topsy-turvy, O

Green grow the rashes, O

Green grow the rashes, O

The sweetest hours that e’er I spend

Are spent amang the lasses, O