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Noo summer days and heather bells Come reakin owre yon hieland hills, There's yellow corn in yonder fields And autumn brings the shearin'. Chorus: O, bonnie lassie, will ye gang And shear wi' me the hale day lang? And love will cheer us as we gang To join yon band o' shearers. And if the thistle it be strang, And if it jags your milk white hand, It's wi' my hook I'll cut it doon, When we join yon band o' shearers. |
And if the weather it be hot, I'll cast my waistcoat and my coat, And shear wi' you amang the lot, When we join the band o' shearers. And if the weather it be dry, They'll say there's love 'tween you and I, But we'll slyly pass each other by When we join the band o' shearers. And when the harvest is all done, We'll hae some rantin' rovin' fun, We'll hae some rantin' rovin' fun And forget the toils o' shearing. |
| The shearing was mostly done by women. The value of a day's work was calculated by the number of thraives cut. A thraive consisted of two stooks of twelve sheaves each. To cut seven or eight sheaves was considered a good day's work for a shearer. After the introduction of the scythe in 1810, the best men cut the corn, the women gathered into sheaves and made the bands, while younger men, as a rule, bound and stooked the sheaves. The bandster could claim a kiss from the gatherer for each band whose knot slipped in the binding. (Ord) |
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