The songs and poems of Robert Tannahill With biography, illustrations, and music |
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THE LASSIE O' MERRY EIGHTEEN. |
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THE LASSIE O' MERRY EIGHTEEN.
My father would ha'e me to marry the miller,My mither would ha'e me to marry the laird,
But brawly I ken it 's the love o' the siller
That brightens their fancy to ony regard.
The miller is crookit, the miller is crabbit,
The laird, though he 's wealthy, he 's lyart and lean;
He 's auld, and he 's cauld, an' he 's blin' an' he 's bald,
An' he 's no for a lassie o' merry eighteen.
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