Legal & Other Lyrics By George Outram: Containing a number of new pieces & fifteen illustrations by Edward J. Sullivan |
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THE BANKS O' THE DEE |
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THE BANKS O' THE DEE
I met wi' a man on the banks o' the Dee,
An' a merrier body I never did see;
Though Time had bedrizzled his haffits wi' snaw,
An' Fortune had stown his luckpenny awa',
Yet never a mortal mair happy could be
Than the man that I met on the banks o' the Dee.
An' a merrier body I never did see;
Though Time had bedrizzled his haffits wi' snaw,
An' Fortune had stown his luckpenny awa',
Yet never a mortal mair happy could be
Than the man that I met on the banks o' the Dee.
When young, he had plenty o' owsen an' kye,
A wide wavin' mailin an' siller forbye;
But cauld was his hear there his youdith was o'er,
An' he delved on the lands he had lairded before;
Yet though beggared his ha' an' deserted his lea,
Contented he roamed on the banks o' the Dee.
A wide wavin' mailin an' siller forbye;
But cauld was his hear there his youdith was o'er,
An' he delved on the lands he had lairded before;
Yet though beggared his ha' an' deserted his lea,
Contented he roamed on the banks o' the Dee.
'Twas heart some to see the auld body sae gay,
As he toddled adown by the gowany brae,
Sae canty, sae crouse, an sae pruif against care;
Yet it wasna through riches, it wasna through lear;
But I fand out the cause ere I left the sweet Dee—
The man was as drunk as a mortal could be!
As he toddled adown by the gowany brae,
Sae canty, sae crouse, an sae pruif against care;
Yet it wasna through riches, it wasna through lear;
But I fand out the cause ere I left the sweet Dee—
The man was as drunk as a mortal could be!
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