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[I winna gang back to my mammy again]
I winna gang back to my mammy again,
I'll never gae back to my mammy again;
I've held by her apron these aught years an' ten,
But I'll never gang back to my mammy again.
I've held by her apron, &c.
I'll never gae back to my mammy again;
I've held by her apron these aught years an' ten,
But I'll never gang back to my mammy again.
I've held by her apron, &c.
Young Johnnie cam down i' the gloamin to woo,
Wi' plaidie sae bonny, an' bannet sae blue:
“O come awa, lassie, ne'er let mammy ken;”
An' I flew wi' my laddie o'er meadow an' glen.
O come awa, lassie, &c.
Wi' plaidie sae bonny, an' bannet sae blue:
“O come awa, lassie, ne'er let mammy ken;”
An' I flew wi' my laddie o'er meadow an' glen.
O come awa, lassie, &c.
He ca'd me his dawtie, his dearie, his dow,
An' pressed hame his words wi' a smack o' my mou';
While I fell on his bosom, heart-flichtered an' fain,
An' sighed out, “O Johnnie, I'll aye be your ain!”
While I fell on his bosom, &c.
An' pressed hame his words wi' a smack o' my mou';
While I fell on his bosom, heart-flichtered an' fain,
An' sighed out, “O Johnnie, I'll aye be your ain!”
While I fell on his bosom, &c.
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Some lasses will talk to the lads wi' their e'e,
Yet hanker to tell what their hearts really dree;
Wi' Johnnie I stood upon nae stappin-stane,
Sae I'll never gang back to my mammy again.
Wi' Johnnie I stood, &c.
Yet hanker to tell what their hearts really dree;
Wi' Johnnie I stood upon nae stappin-stane,
Sae I'll never gang back to my mammy again.
Wi' Johnnie I stood, &c.
For mony lang year sin' I played on the lea,
My mammy was kind as a mither could be;
I've held by her apron these aught years an' ten,
But I'll never gang back to my mammy again.
I've held by her apron, &c.
My mammy was kind as a mither could be;
I've held by her apron these aught years an' ten,
But I'll never gang back to my mammy again.
I've held by her apron, &c.
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