A ballad from 1918
Words and music by T. Richardson
Edited by Donald Macpherson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
Kind, kind and gentle is she
Kind is my Mary
The tender blossom on the tree
Cannot compare wi’ Mary
Her brow is fair as winter’s snow
Her cheeks wi’ modest roses blow
And dove-like glances sweetly flow
Frae oot the e’en o’ Mary
Sae kind, kind and gentle is she
Kind is my Mary
The tender blossom on the tree
Cannot compare wi’ Mary
Oh! see you proud and haughty lass
Her head wi’ pride and folly toss’d
Ne’er look on her, but let her pass
Be sure it is not Mary
Sae kind, kind and gentle is she
Kind is my Mary
The tender blossom on the tree
Cannot compare wi’ Mary
But see ye one o’ modest air
Bedeck’d wi’ beauty saft and rare
That mak’s your heart feel sweetly sair
O weel ye ken my Mary
Sae kind, kind and gentle is she
Kind is my Mary
The tender blossom on the tree
Cannot compare wi’ Mary