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Bonnie Rantin Laddie
THE RANTIN LADDIE—D
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‘Aft hae I played at the cards and the dice,It was a' for the sake o my laddie,
But noo I sit i my father's kitchie-neuk,
Singing ba to a bonnie bastard babbie.
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‘Whar will I get a bonnie boy sae kinAs will carry a letter cannie,
That will rin on to the gates o the Boyne,
Gie the letter to my rantin laddie?’
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‘Here am I, a bonnie boy sae kin,As will carry a letter cannie,
That will rin on to the gates o the Boyne,
Gie the letter to your rantin laddie.’
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‘When ye come to the gates o the Boyne,An low doon on yon cassie,
Ye'll tak aff your hat an ye'll mak a low bow,
Gie the letter to my rantin laddie.’
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‘When ye come to the gates o the Boyne,Ye'll see lords an nobles monie;
But ye'll ken him among them a',
He's my bonnie, bonnie rantin laddie.’
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‘Is your bonnie love a laird or a lord,Or is he a cadie,
That ye call him so very often by name
Your bonnie rantin laddie?’
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‘My love's neither a laird nor a lord,Nor is he a cadie,
But he is yerl o a' the Boyne,
An he is my bonnie rantin laddie.’
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When he read a line or two,He smilëd eer sae bonnie;
But lang ere he cam to the end
The tears cam trinklin monie.
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‘Whar will I find fifty noble lords,An as monie gay ladies,
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