Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne With a Memoir and Poems of Caroline Oliphant the Younger: Edited by the Rev. Charles Rogers ... With a Portrait and Other Illustrations |
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THE HEIRESS.
I'll no be had for naething,
I'll no be had for naething,
I tell ye, lads, that's ae thing,
So ye needna follow me.
I'll no be had for naething,
I tell ye, lads, that's ae thing,
So ye needna follow me.
Oh! the change is most surprising;
Last year I was Betsy Brown;
Now to my hand they're a' aspiring,
The fair Eliza I am grown!
But I'll no, &c.
Last year I was Betsy Brown;
Now to my hand they're a' aspiring,
The fair Eliza I am grown!
But I'll no, &c.
Oh! the change is most surprising,
Nane o' them e'er look'd at me;
Now my charms they're a' admiring,
For my sake they're like to dee!
But I'll no, &c.
Nane o' them e'er look'd at me;
Now my charms they're a' admiring,
For my sake they're like to dee!
But I'll no, &c.
The laird, the shirra, and the doctor,
And twa-three lords o' high degree;
Wi' heaps o' writers, I could mention,
Surely, sirs, it is no me!
But I'll no, &c.
And twa-three lords o' high degree;
Wi' heaps o' writers, I could mention,
Surely, sirs, it is no me!
But I'll no, &c.
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But there is ane, when I had naething,
A' his heart he gied to me;
And sair he toiled, to mak a wee thing,
To gie me when he cam frae sea.
Sae I'll no, &c.
A' his heart he gied to me;
And sair he toiled, to mak a wee thing,
To gie me when he cam frae sea.
Sae I'll no, &c.
And if e'er I marry ony,
He will be the lad for me;
For oh, he was baith gude and bonny,
And he thocht the same o' me.
Sae I'll no be had for naething,
I'll no be had for naething,
I tell ye, lads, that's ae thing,
So ye needna follow me.
He will be the lad for me;
For oh, he was baith gude and bonny,
And he thocht the same o' me.
Sae I'll no be had for naething,
I'll no be had for naething,
I tell ye, lads, that's ae thing,
So ye needna follow me.
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