Lassie Gath'ring Nits

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THERE was a lass, and a bonie lass,
A gath'ring nits did gang;
She pu'd them heigh, she pu'd them laigh,
She pu'd them whare they hang.
Till tir'd at length, she laid her down,
An' sleept the wood amang;

Whan by there cam three lusty lads,
Three lusty lads an' strang.
The first did kiss her rosy lips,
He thought it was nae wrang;
The second lous'd her bodice fair,
Fac'd up wi' London whang.
An' what the third did to the lass,
Is no put in this sang:
But the lassie wauken'd in a fright,
An' says, I hae sleept lang.

• 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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