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 WOMEN ARE A' GANE WUD.
The women are a' gane wud,
Oh, that he had bidden awa!
He's turn'd their heads, the lad,
And ruin will bring on us a'.
I aye was a peaceable man,
My wife she did doucely behave;
But noo, dae a' that I can,
She's just as wild as the lave.
Oh, that he had bidden awa!
He's turn'd their heads, the lad,
And ruin will bring on us a'.
I aye was a peaceable man,
My wife she did doucely behave;
But noo, dae a' that I can,
She's just as wild as the lave.
My wife noo wears the cockade,
Tho' she kens 'tis the thing that I hate;
There's ane, too, prin'd on her maid,
An' baith will tak their ain gate.
The wild Hieland lads as they pass,
The yetts wide open do flee;
They eat the very house bare,
And nae leave's speer'd o' me.
Tho' she kens 'tis the thing that I hate;
There's ane, too, prin'd on her maid,
An' baith will tak their ain gate.
The wild Hieland lads as they pass,
The yetts wide open do flee;
They eat the very house bare,
And nae leave's speer'd o' me.
I've lived a' my days in the Strath,
Now Tories infest me at hame,
And though I take nae side at a',
Baith sides will gie me the blame.
The senseless craturs ne'er think
What ill the lad wad bring back;
The Pope we'll hae, and his hounds,
And a' the rest o' his pack.
Now Tories infest me at hame,
And though I take nae side at a',
Baith sides will gie me the blame.
The senseless craturs ne'er think
What ill the lad wad bring back;
The Pope we'll hae, and his hounds,
And a' the rest o' his pack.
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