Bonnie Doon

Bonnie Doon may refer to:

  • Bonnie Doon, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in the Canadian city
  • Bonnie Doon, Victoria, a town in the Australian state

Famous quotes containing the words bonnie doon, bonnie and/or doon:

    “Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon,
    How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
    How can ye chant, ye little birds,
    And I sae weary fu’ o’ care?
    Thou’lt break my heart, thou warbling bird,
    That wantons thro’ the flowering thorn:
    Thou minds me o’ departed joys,
    Departed never to return.”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    “Bonnie George Campbell rode out on a day.
    He saddled, he bridled, and gallant rode he,
    And hame cam his guid horse, but never cam he.”
    —Unknown. Bonnie George Campbell (l. 2–4)

    “Wee Willie Winkie rins through the town,
    Up stairs and doon stairs in his nicht-gown,
    Tirling at the window, crying at the lock,
    ‘Are the weans in their bed, for it’s now ten o’clock?’”
    —William Miller (1810–1872)