The Banks O' Doon

by Robert Burns

Versions of The Banks o' Doon include:

First version—24 lines ("Sweet are the banks, the banks o' Doon")

• "The Banks O' Doon" (1st version, unsourced) (1791)

Second version—20 lines ("Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon")

• "Banks o' Doon" (first version) in The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw
• "The Banks o' Doon (Version printed in the Musical Museum)", in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887), edited by Alexander Smith
• "The Banks o' Doon" in Poems That Every Child Should Know (1904), edited by Mary Elizabeth Burt
• "The Banks o' Doon" in the Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900 (1931), edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch
• "The Banks o' Doon" in the Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918 (1940), edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch

Third version—16 lines ("Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon")

• "The Banks o' Doon" in New minstrel (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "Bonnie Doon" in Seven excellent songs (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Newton-Stewart
• "Ye Banks and Braes" in My Bonnie Mary (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Edinburgh
• "The Banks o' Doon", in Burns' Popular Songs (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Paisley
• "Banks of Doon", in The Song Book No. 4 (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "Ye Banks and Braes", in Kate Dalrymple, and The Flowers of the Forest (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "The Banks o' Doon" in The Singers' Companion (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "Banks of Doon" in Isle of St Helena (1817), a chapbook printed in Stirling
• "Banks of Doon", in The Linnet (1819), a chapbook printed in Falkirk
• "The Banks O' Doon" in John Anderson my Jo (1828), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "Banks o' Doon" (second version) in The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw
• "The Banks o' Doon", in The Scottish Minstrel (First Series) (1850), a chapbook printed in Glasgow

Hybrid version

• "The Banks O' Doon", in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887), edited by Alexander Smith

32 line version (part Burns, part someone else)

• "Banks of Doun" in Six Love Songs (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Falkirk
• "The banks of Doon" in She's fair an' fause (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Stirling
• "Banks and Braes of Bonny Doon", in A New Song, Called Oral Valley (1817), a chapbook printed in Stirling