Nancy Spain
Of all the stars that ever shone not one does twinkle like your pale blue eyes
Like golden corn at harvest time your hair
Sailing in my boat the wind gently blows and fills my sails
Your sweet scented breath is everywhere
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No matter where I wander I'm still haunted by your name
The portrait of your beauty stays the same
Standing by the ocean wondering where you've gone, if you'll return again
Where is the ring I gave to Nancy Spain?
Daylight's peeping through the curtains, the passing nighttime is your smile
The sun in the sky is like your laugh
O come back to me, my Nancy, linger just for a little while
Since you've left these shores I've known no peace nor joy
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On a day in spring when the snow starts to melt and streams to flow
With the birds I'll sing this song
And in a while I'll wander down in (?) Grove where wildflowers grow
(?) that lovely Nancy will return
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Row, Bullies, Row
Round Liverpool to Frisco a-rovin I went
For to stay in that country it was my intent
But for gals and strong whiskey like other damn fools
I soon was transported back to Liverpool
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And it's Row Row Row, bullies, row
Them Liverpool juries have got us in tow
Well I shipped on the Alaska lyin out on the bay
Waiting for a fair breeze to get under way
But the sailors are all drunk and their backs is all sore
The whiskey's all gone and we can't get no more
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Now here comes our first mate in his jacket of blue
A-lookin for work for us sailors to do
With his gib topsail halyards he loudly does roar
So stay aloft Paddy you son of a whore
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Here's a health to our captain whereer he may be
He's a friend to the sailor by land or by sea
But as for our first mate that son of a brute
I hope when he dies straight to hell he'll sky hoot
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Jock o Hazeldeen
Why weep ye by the tide, lady?
Why weep ye by the tide?
I'll wed ye tae my youngest son
And ye shall be his bride
And ye shall be his bride, lady
Sae comely tae be seen
But aye she looked the tears doon fa
For Jock o Hazeldeen
Now let this willful grief be done
And dry thy cheeks sae pale
Young (?) wedding
And lord o (?)dale
His step is first in peaceful ha
His sword in battle keen
But aye she looked the tears doon fa
For Jock o Hazeldeen
(?) o gold ye shall not lack
Nor (?) tae bind yer hair
Nor (?) hound nor managed hawk
(?) fair
And you the foremost o them aa
(?) the forest (?)
But aye she looked the tears doon fa
For Jock o Hazeldeen
The kirk was decked that morningtide
And the tapers (?) fair
The priest and bridegroom (?) the bride
And dames and knights were there
They (?)
The lady wasnae seen
She's ower the border and awa
Wi her Jock o Hazeldeen
She's ower the border and awa
Wi her Jock o Hazeldeen
The Barnyards o Delgaty
As I gaed doon by (?) Market,
(?) Market for tae fee
I fell in wi a wealthy farmer
The barnyards o Delgaty
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Lin ta larry toora narry
Lin ta larry toora nay
Lin ta lorrin lorrin lorrin
The barnyards o Delgaty
He promised me that ane best horse
That ever I'd set my eyes upon
When I got to the barnyards
There was nothin there but skin and bone
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O I can drink and no be drunken
I can fight and no be slain
I can court wi another man's lass
And still be welcome tae my ain
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O I gaed to the kirk on Sunday
Many's the bonnie lass I see
Sittin by her mother's side
And winkin oer the pews at me
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Coulter's Candy
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Ally bally ally bally bee
Sittin on yer mommy's knee
Greetin for a wee bawbie
Tae buy some Coulter's candy
Mommy gie me ma fifty twoen
Here's auld Coulter comin roun
Wi a basket on his crown
Sellin Coulter's candy
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Poor wee Ginny she's gettin awfully thin
Just a mickle o banes covered oer wi skin
Noo she's gettin a wee double chin
Frae suckin Coulter's candy
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Ally bally ally bally bee
When you grow up you'll gang tae sea
Makkin pennies for yer mommy and me
Tae buy mair Coulter's candy
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Hwisht Ma Baby
Hwisht ma baby dinna ye cry
The sun and the moon tumble down from the sky
Yer da's away, he'll neer be back
For he died in the mine when the timbering cracked
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And the people who walk about never ask why
The rich uns can live and your poor daddy died
And if they should ask me I'll only cry
The sun and the moon tumble down from the sky
Sometimes he was bad, sometimes he was good
But he'd sweat like the devil down there for our food
Sometimes we were happy, sometimes we'd sing
And sometimes together our bodies would cling
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Hwisht ma baby now I must rest
Trying to think what to do for the best
The poorhouse is waitin if we don't pay our rent
And the pittance I got when he died is near spent
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Hwisht ma baby we'll up and away
We will not stay here one more sad lonely day
You'll go to your Nan's, you'll grow up so tall
And when you're a man you'll be wisest of all
Then go out and tell all the foolish ones why
The rich uns can live but your poor daddy died
And stand up together, your heads held up high
And put back the sun and the moon in the sky
And stand up together, your heads held up high
And put back the sun and the moon in the sky
Busk Busk Bonnie Lassie
O do ye see yon soldiers as they all march along
Wi their guns on their shoulders and their broadswords hangin down?
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Busk busk bonnie lassie and come alang wi me
And I'll tak ye tae Glenisla near bonnie Glenshee
O do ye see yon shepherds as they all walk along
Wi their plaidies pu'd aboot them and their sheep they graze on?
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O do ye see yon high hills all covered wi snaw?
They hae parted many's a true love and they'll soon part us twa
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Call of Arran
Come by the hills tae the land where fancy is free
And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the lochs meet the sea
Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun
And the cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done
Come by the hills tae the land where life is a song
And sing like the birds of the air in their joy all day long
Where the trees sway in time and even the wind sings in tune
And the cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done
Come by the hills tae the land where legends remain
And glories of old tear the heart and may yet come again
Where the past it is lost and the future is yet to be won
And the cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done
Come by the hills tae the land where fancy is free
And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the lochs meet the sea
Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun
And the cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done
Yes, the cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done
Haughs o Cromdale
As I went doon by Auchindoon
Just a wee bit frae the toun
Tae the Highlands I was gaun
To view the haughs o Cromdale
I met a man in tartan trews
Speirt tae him what was the news
Says he the Highland army rues
The day it cam to Cromdale
We were in bed, sir, every man
When the English host upon us cam
A bloody battle then began
Upon the haughs o Cromdale
The English horse they were so proud
Bathed their hooves in Highland blood
But our brave clan so boldly stood
Upon the haughs o Cromdale
But alas we could no longer stay
And over the hills we found our way
Sair we did lament the day
That eer we cam to Cromdale
Thus the great Montrose did say
Highland men, show me the way
I will oer the hills this day
To view the haughs o Cromdale
They were at dinner, every man,
When great Montrose upon them cam
The second battle then began
Upon the haughs o Cromdale
The clan Mackenzie and MacKie
When Montrose we did espy
Then they fought most valiantly
Upon the haughs o Cromdale
The MacDonalds did return again
The Camerons did their standard join
Mackintosh made a bloody name
Upon the haughs o Cromdale
The Gordons then they did advance
The Frazers fought wi sword and lance
The Grahams they made their heids to dance
Upon the haughs o Cromdale
Then the loyal Stewarts wi Montrose
So boldly set among their foes
Laid them low wi Highland blows
Laid them low on Cromdale
Of twenty thousand Cromwell's men
A thousand fled tae Aberdeen
The rest o them lie on the plain
They're on the haughs o Cromdale
The Day We Went to Rothesay o
One New Year's Eve in Glasgow fair
There was me myself and several mair
We all set oot to hae a tear
And spend the night in Rothesay o
We wandered doon the Br(?)-law
Through wind and rain and sleet and snaw
And in forty minutes after twa
We got the length o Rothesay o
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A dinnum a doo a dinnum a day
A dinnum a doo a daddy o
A dinnum a doo a dinnum a day
The day we went to Rothesay o
A soldier lad named (?) Will
Whose regiment lies in Barren Hill
Went oot wi a tenner tae get a gill
In a public hoose in Rothesay o
says he, I think I'd like tae sing
Says I, Ye'll no do sich a thing
He says, Clear the flair and mak a ring
And I'll fight ye all in Rothesay o
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Well aroon the toun we did slide
We were searchin for a place tae bide
There was (?)
A single end in Rothesay o
We all lay doon tae tak our ease
When somebody happened for tae sneeze
And he wakened half a million fleas
In a single end in Rothesay o
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There was several different kinds o bugs
Smoe wi feet like (?) clugs
And they sat in their beds and cockit their lugs
And sang Hooray for Rothesay o
Says I, I think we should elope
But the police wadnae let us stope
So we went and joined the band o hope
And said farewell tae Rothesay o
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Maggie Lauder
Wha wadnae be in love wi bonnie Maggie Lauder?
A piper met her gaun tae Fife and askit what they caad her
Right scornfully she answered him, Begone ye Highland shakker
Jog on yer gate, ye bladderin skate, my name is Maggie Lauder
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Up the stair, doon the stair, I play the chanter rarely
The mair ye hug and kiss the girls, the mair they'll want tae marry
O Meg, says he, and by ma bags I'm fidgin fain tae see ya
Set doon by me, ma bonnie bird, in troth I wadnae steer ya
For I'm a piper tae ma trade, ma name is Rob the Ranter
The lasses loup as they were daft when I blow up ma chanter
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O weel, says Meg, hae you yer bags and is yer drone in order?
If you be Rob I've heard o you, do you live on the border?
The lassies all baith far and near have heard o Rob the Ranter
I'll shak ma foot wi a right good will gin you blow up your chanter
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Then to his bags he flew wi speed, aboot the drone he twistit
Meg up and walloped oer the green, for brawly could she frisk it
Weel done, says he; Play up, says she; Weel bobbed, said Rob the Ranter
It's worth ma while tae play indeed when I hae sich a dancer
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Weel hae ye played yer part, says Meg, yer cheeks are like the crimson
There's nane in Scotland plays sae weel since we lost Habbie Simpson
I've lived in Fife baith maid and wife these ten years and a quarter
The next time ye're at Easter Fair just ask for Maggie Lauder
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Call the Yowes tae the Knowes
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Call the yowes tae the knowes
Call them whaur the heather grows
Call them whaur the burnie rowes
My bonnie dearie
(?)
(?)
(?)
Tae the woods sae cheerie
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I (?)
(?) hazel spreading wide
(?) sweetly (?)
Tae the moon sae clearly
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Yonder (?) silent towers
(?) midnight hours
(?)
My bonnie dearie
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Fair and lovely as thou art
Thou hast stoln my very heart
(?) but cannot part
My bonnie dearie
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Hoorie Hooro
As I end my work of day
And I row my boat away
Doon the waters of Loch Tay
As the evening light is fading
And I look upon Ben Lawers
(?)
And I think on two bright eyes
And a friendly mouth below
She's my (?)
My pride and (?)
Although she is untrue
Well I cannot live without her
Now my heart's a boat in tow
And I'd give the world to know
Why she means to let me go
As I sing hoorie hooro
(?) lovely hair
Has more (?) I declare
Than all the tresses rare
Tween Killin and Aberfeldy
Be they (?) or gold
Be they blacker than the sloe
They are no more worth to me
Than a melting flake of snow
And her eyes are like the gleam
Of the sunlight on the stream
And the songs the fairies sing
Seems like songs she sings at milking
But my heart is full of woe
And I'd give the world to know
Why she means to let me go
As I sing hoorie hooro
She Moved through the Fair
My young love said to me, My mother won't mind
And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind
And she laid her hand on me and this she did say:
It will not be long, love, till our wedding day
She stepped away from me and she moved through the fair
So fondly I watched her move here and move there
And then she went homeward with one star away
Like the swan in the evening moves over the bay
Last night she came to me, she came softly in
So softly she came that her feet made no din
And she laid her hand on me and this she did say:
It will not be long, love, till our wedding day
Parcel o Rogues
Fareweel tae our Scottish name
Fareweel our ancient glory
Fareweel even tae our Scottish fame
Sae famed in martial story
Noo Sark runs oer the Solway sound
And Tweed rushes tae the ocean
Tae mark whaur England's province stands
Sich a parcel o rogues in a nation
What force or guile could not subdue
Through many warlike ages
Is wrought now by a cowardly few
For hireling traitors' wages
The English steel we could disdain
Secure in valor's station
But English gold has been our bane
Sich a parcel o rogues in a nation
O would or I had seen the day
That treason thus should fall us
My auld grey heid has lain in clay
With a Bruce and a loyal Wallace
But pith and power to my last hour
I'll mak this declaration
We were bought and sold for English gold
Sich a parcel o rogues in a nation
Bonnie Mary
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Gae bring tae me a pint o wine
And fill it in a silver tassie
That I may drink before I go
A service tae my bonnie lassie
The boat rocks at the pier o Leith
Full loud the wind blows frae the ferry
The ship rides by the Berwick-law
And I maun leave my bonnie Mary
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The trumpets sound, the banners fly
The glittering spears are ranked ready
The shouts of war are heard afar
And I maun leave my bonnie Mary
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It's no the roar of sea or shore
That mak me longer wish to tarry
Nor shouts of war that's heard afar
It's leavin thee my bonnie Mary
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The Town I Loved So Well
In my memory I will always see
The town that I have loved so well
Where our school played ball by the gasyard wall
And we laughed through the smoke and the smell
Running home in the rain, running down the (?) lane
Past the jail and on behind the fountain
Those were happy days in so many many ways
In the town I loved so well
The Galloway Hills
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O the Galloway hills are covered wi broom
Wi heather bells and bonnie blooms
And wi heather bells and rivers aa
And we'll gang tae the hills o Galloway
O I'll tak ma plaidie contented tae be
I'll leave it kilted aboon my knee
And I'll gie ma pipes another blaw
And I'll gang tae the hills o Galloway
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O I say bonnie lass, Will ye come alang wi me
Tae share your lot in the high country
And tae share your lot when doon faas aa
And we'll gang tae the hills o Galloway
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O I'll sell my rod and I'll sell my reel
I'll sell my granny's old spinnin wheel
And I'll sell them all when doon faas aa
And we'll gang tae the hills o Galloway
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Ae Fond Kiss
Ae fond kiss and then we sever
Ae fareweel and then forever
(?) heart (?) tears I'll pledge thee
(?) sighs and groans I'll wage thee
I'll neer blame my partial fancy
Nothin could resist my Nancy
But tae see her is tae love her
Love but her and love forever
Had we never loved sae kindly
Had we never loved sae blindly
Never met or never parted
We had neer been brokenhearted
Fare thee weel, thou first, thou fairest
Fare thee weel, thou best, thou dearest
(?) ilka joy (?) treasure
Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure
Ae fond kiss and then we sever
Ae fareweel, alas forever
(?) heart (?) tears I'll pledge thee
(?) sighs and groans I'll wage thee
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