Beautiful Monikie

Beautiful Monikie! with your trees and shrubberies green

And your beautiful walks, most charming to be seen:

'Tis a beautiful place for pleasure-seekers to resort,

Because there they can have innocent sport,

taking a leisure walk all round about,

And see the ang1ers fishing in the pand for trout.

Besides, there's lovely white swans swimming on the pond,

And Panmure Monument can be seen a little distance beyond;

And the scenery all round is enchanting I declare,

While sweet-scented fragrance fills the air.

Then away, pleasure-seekers of bonnie Dundee,

And have a day's outing around Monikie,

And inhale the pure air, on a fine summer day,

Which will help to drive dull care away;

As ye gaze on the beautiful scenery there,

Your spirits will feel o'erjoyed and free frozen care.

Then near to the pond there's a beautiful green sward,

Where excursionists can dance until fatigue does them retard;

And if they feel thirsty, the Monikie water's near by,

Where they can quench their thirst if very dry.

Then, after that, they can have a walk at their ease,

Amongst the green shrubbery and tall pine trees;

And in the centre of the pand they can see

Three beautiful little islets dressed in green livery.

Monikie is as bonnie a place as ye could wish to see,

And about eleven or twelve miles from bonnie Dundee;

It's the only place I know of to enjoy a holiday,

Because there's a hall of shelter there to keep the rain away.

Then there's a large park, a very suitable place,

For the old and the young, if they wish to try a race;

It's there they can enjoy themselves during the live-long summmer day,

Near to the little purling burn, meandering on its way,

And emptying itself into the pond of Monikie,

Which supplies the people with water belonging to Dundee.