Ae mornin for tae fee
A fell in wi Bogie o Cairnie
An wi him A did agree
For tae caa his twa best horses
Or cairt or harrow or plou
Or dae onything about fairm wark
A very weil cud do
Auld Bogie had a dochter
Wha's name wis Isabelle
She wis the lily o the valley
An the primrose o the dell
Whan she went out walkin
She'd tak me for her guide
Doun by the burn o Cairnie
Tae watch smaa fishes glide
Bit whan five lang months wis past an gane
This lassie lost her blume
The reid fell frae her rosie cheeks
An her eyes began tae swoon
An whan nine lang months wis past an gane
She brocht forth tae me a son
An A wis quickly caad for
Tae see whit cud be done
A said that A wad mairrie her
Bit, och, that wadnae dae
He said, "Ye're nae match for ma bonnie Belle
An she's nae match for ye"
Sae nou she's marriet tae a traiveller chiel
Wha bides in Huntly Toun
He sells pots an pans an paraffin lamps
An he tramps the kintra roun
An if she's gotten a better match
Auld Bogie cannae tell
Sae fare weil ye lauds o Huntlyside
An Bogie's bonnie Belle
As A cam in by Huntly Toun Ae mornin for tae fee A fell in wi Bogie o Cairnie An wi him A did agree For tae caa his twa best horses Or cairt or harrow or plou Or dae onything about fairm wark A very weil cud do Auld Bogie had a dochter Wha's name wis Isabelle She wis the lily o the valley An the primrose o the dell Whan she went out walkin She'd tak me for her guide Doun by the burn o Cairnie Tae watch smaa fishes glide Bit whan five lang months wis past an gane This lassie lost her blume The reid fell frae her rosie cheeks An her eyes began tae swoon An whan nine lang months wis past an gane She brocht forth tae me a son An A wis quickly caad for Tae see whit cud be done A said that A wad mairrie her Bit, och, that wadnae dae He said, "Ye're nae match for ma bonnie Belle An she's nae match for ye" Sae nou she's marriet tae a traiveller chiel Wha bides in Huntly Toun He sells pots an pans an paraffin lamps An he tramps the kintra roun An if she's gotten a better match Auld Bogie cannae tell Sae fare weil ye lauds o Huntlyside An Bogie's bonnie Belle Explain Request ×
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