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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WE'LL GANG NA MAIR A' ROVIN'. |
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WE'LL GANG NA MAIR A' ROVIN'.
The collic chased the beggar man,
Ayont the warlock's wa',
An' the collie chas'd the beggar man
Out owre the eldrich shaw.
An' we'll gang na mair a roving,
So late into the nicht,
An' we'll gang na mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne'er so bricht,
An' we'll gang na mair a roving
Ayont the warlock's wa',
An' the collie chas'd the beggar man
Out owre the eldrich shaw.
An' we'll gang na mair a roving,
So late into the nicht,
An' we'll gang na mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne'er so bricht,
An' we'll gang na mair a roving
O what was yon that glinted by,
An' bleezed upo' the tree?
'Twas but a glimmer o' the moon,
It cam na here for me,
An' we'll gang na mair, &c.
An' bleezed upo' the tree?
'Twas but a glimmer o' the moon,
It cam na here for me,
An' we'll gang na mair, &c.
But what's that purrin' at my frock,
An' trampin' on my heel?
Maun collies ken whan beggar men
Uplift a pickle meal.
An' we'll gang na mair, &c.
An' trampin' on my heel?
Maun collies ken whan beggar men
Uplift a pickle meal.
An' we'll gang na mair, &c.
Gin I were ance at hame again,
An' a' thing round me richt,
I ne'er would steal a crum o' meal,
By day nor yet by nicht.
An' we'll gang nae mair, &c.
An' a' thing round me richt,
I ne'er would steal a crum o' meal,
By day nor yet by nicht.
An' we'll gang nae mair, &c.
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An' we'll gang na mair a roving,
So late into the nicht,
An' we'll gang na mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne'er so bricht,
An' we'll gang nae mair a roving.
So late into the nicht,
An' we'll gang na mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne'er so bricht,
An' we'll gang nae mair a roving.
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