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Last May, a braw wooer cam doun the lang glen,
And sair wi′ his love he did deave me;
I said, there was naething I hated like men-
The deuce gae wi'm, to believe me, believe me;
The deuce gae wi′m to believe me.
He spak o' the darts in my bonie black e'en,
And vow′d for my love he was diein,
I said, he might die when he liked for Jean-
The Lord forgie me for liein, for liein;
The Lord forgie me for liein!
A weel-stocked mailen, himsel′ for the laird,
And marriage aff-hand, were his proffers;
I never loot on that I kenn'd it, or car′d;
But thought I might hae waur offers, waur offers;
But thought I might hae waur offers.
But what wad ye think?-in a fortnight or less-
The deil tak his taste to gae near her!
He up the Gate-slack to my black cousin, Bess-
Guess ye how, the jad! I could bear her, could bear her;
Guess ye how, the jad! I could bear her.
But a' the niest week, as I petted wi′ care,
I gaed to the tryst o' Dalgarnock;
But wha but my fine fickle wooer was there,
I glowr′d as I'd seen a warlock, a warlock,
I glowr'd as I′d seen a warlock.
But owre my left shouther I gae him a blink,
Lest neibours might say I was saucy;
My wooer he caper′d as he'd been in drink,
And vow′d I was his dear lassie, dear lassie,
And vow'd I was his dear lassie.
I spier′d for my cousin fu' couthy and sweet,
Gin she had recover′d her hearin',
And how her new shoon fit her auld schachl't feet,
But heavens! how he fell a swearin, a swearin,
But heavens! how he fell a swearin.
He begged, for gudesake, I wad be his wife,
Or else I wad kill him wi′ sorrow;
So e′en to preserve the poor body in life,
I think I maun wed him to-morrow, to-morrow;
I think I maun wed him to-morrow.



Autor(en): Ewan Maccoll


Ewan MacColl - Essential Masters
Album Essential Masters
Veröffentlichungsdatum
01-05-2011

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2   Barratty-Parratty
3   Landlady, Count the Lawin
4   There's a Cauld Kail In Aberdeen
5   Galloway Tam
6   Whistle, Daughter Whistle
7   Hey Ca' Thro'
8   The Cooper O'Cuddy
9   The Bonnie Banks of Airdrie
10   I Hae a Wife O' My Ain
11   Treadmill Song
12   Whiskey in the Jar
13   The Rantin' Dog, the Daddie O't
14   Geordie
15   Hard Case
16   Ballad of Bentley and Craig
17   The Dusty Miller
18   The American Stranger
19   Duncan Gray
20   A Braw Wooer
21   Buy Broom Besoms
22   I Maun Hae a Wife
23   Are Ye Sleeping, Maggie?
24   Jumpin John
25   Let No Man Steal
26   Green Grow the Rashes, O
27   My Bonny Miner Lad
28   To Daunton Me
29   Tibbie Dunbar
30   Still I Love Him
31   The Waters of Thyme
32   Van Dieman's Land
33   Turpin Hero
34   O That I Had Ne'er Been Married
35   Once I Had a True Love
36   Rattlin Roarin' Willie
37   The Bleacher Lassie of Kelvinhaugh
38   Superintendent Barratt
39   Bill Brown
40   She's Fair and Fause
41   Spence Broughton
42   Ay, Waukin, O
43   Ivor
44   Wha'll Mow Me Now?
45   What Can a Young Lassie Do Wi' an Auld Man
46   The Banks of the Royal Canal
47   The Maid On the Shore
48   The Black velvet Band
49   A Man's Man for A' That
50   Bobby Shaftoe
51   The Deil's Awa Wi' Th' Exciseman




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