Muirland Meg

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AMANG our young lassies there's muirlan' Meg,
She'll beg or she work, and she'll play or she beg; 
At thretteen her maidenhead flew to the gate,
And the door o' her cage stands open yet.
And for a sheep-cloot she'll do't, she'll do't,
And for a sheep-cloot, &c.

And for a toop-horn, she'll do't to the morn,
And merrily turn and do't and do't.
Her kittle black een they wad thirl ye thro',
Her rose-bud lips cry kiss me just now;
The curls and links o' her bonny black hair,
Wad put you in mind, that the lassie has mair.
And for, &c.

An armfu' o' love is her bosom sae plump;
A span o' delight is her middle sae jimp;
A taper white leg, and a thumpin thie,
And a fiddle near by, can ye play a wee?
And for, &c.

Love's her delight, and kissing's her treasure,
She'll stick at nae price, an ye gie her good measure;
As lang's a sheep-fit an as girt's a goose egg.
O that's the measure o' muirlan' Meg.
And for a sheep's cloot, &c.

• Ewan MacColl
  • Songs from Robert Burns' Merry Muses of Caledonia
    • The Jolly Gauger    Time: 1:51
    • Gie The Lass Her Fairin'  Time: 0:37
    • Supper Is Na Ready  Time: 0:27
    • Wad Ye Do That  Time: 0:40
    • Andrew An' His Cuttie Gun  Time: 1:53
    • Duncan Gray    Time: 1:03
    • I Rede Ye Beware O' The Ripples  Time: 0:52
    • The Trogger  Time: 1:09
    • My Ain Kind Dearie  Time: 1:13
    • The Bonniest Lass  Time: 1:49
    • The Modiewark  Time: 2:12
    • Todlen Hame  Time: 1:39
    • Dainty Davie  Time: 2:02
    • Will Ye Na, Can Ye Na, Let Me Be?  Time: 1:16
    • Logan Water  Time: 0:37
    • Had I The Wyte She Bade Me  Time: 0:48
    • Muirland Meg  Time: 2:20
    • O Saw Ye My Maggie?  Time: 2:07
    • The Cooper O' Dundee  Time: 0:57
    • O Gat Ye Me Wi' Naething?    Time: 0:40
    • Ye Hae Lien Wrang, Lassie  Time: 1:08
    • Hoo Can I Keep My Maidenheid?  Time: 1:00
    • The Lassie Gath'ring Nits    Time: 1:27
    • Blyth Will An' Bessie's Wedding    Time: 1:40

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