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THE PLAID AMANG THE HETHER. |
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THE PLAID AMANG THE HETHER.
The wind blew hie owre muir and lea,
And dark and stormy grew the weather;
The rain rained sair; nae shelter near,
But my luve's plaid amang the hether:
And dark and stormy grew the weather;
The rain rained sair; nae shelter near,
But my luve's plaid amang the hether:
O my bonie Highland lad!
My winsome, weel-far'd, Highland laddie!
Wha wad mind the wind and weit
Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie?
My winsome, weel-far'd, Highland laddie!
Wha wad mind the wind and weit
Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie?
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Close to his breast he held me fast;
Sae cozy, warm, we lay thegither!
Nae simmer heat was half sae sweet
As my luve's plaid amang the hether!
Sae cozy, warm, we lay thegither!
Nae simmer heat was half sae sweet
As my luve's plaid amang the hether!
O my bonie, &c.
Mid wind and rain he tald his tale;
My lightsome heart grew like a feather;
It lap sae quick I coudna speak,
But silent sighed amang the hether!
My lightsome heart grew like a feather;
It lap sae quick I coudna speak,
But silent sighed amang the hether!
O my bonie, &c.
The storm blew past; we kissed in haste;
I hameward ran, and tald my mither;
She gloomed at first, but soon confessed
The bowls rowed right amang the hether!
I hameward ran, and tald my mither;
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The bowls rowed right amang the hether!
O my bonie, &c.
Now Hymen's beam gilds bank and stream
Whar Will and I fresh flowers will gather;
Nae storms I fear, I've got my dear
Kind-hearted lad amang the hether!
Whar Will and I fresh flowers will gather;
Nae storms I fear, I've got my dear
Kind-hearted lad amang the hether!
O my bonie Highland lad!
My winsome, weel-far'd, Highland laddie!
Should storms appear, my Will's ay near
To row me in his tartan plaidie.
My winsome, weel-far'd, Highland laddie!
Should storms appear, my Will's ay near
To row me in his tartan plaidie.
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