Blyth Will An' Bessie's Wedding
(Tune - Roy's wife )
THERE was a weddin' o'er in Fife,
An' mony ane frae Lothian at it;
Jean Vernor there maist lost his life,
For love o' Jamie Howden at it.
Blyth Will an' Bessie's weddin',
Blyth Will an', &c.
Had I been Will, Bess had been mine,
An' Bess an' I had made the weddin'.
Right sair she grat, an' wet her cheeks,
An' naithing pleas'd that we cou'd gi'
her;
She tint her heart in Jeamie's breeks,
It cam nae back to Lothian wi' her.
Blyth, &c.
Kate Mackie cam frae Parlon craigs,
The road was foul twixt that an' Couper
She shaw'd a pair o' handsome legs,
When Highland Donald he o'er took
her.
Comin' o'er the moor o' Couper,
Comin' o'er the moor o' Couper,
Donald fell in love wi' her,
An' row'd his Highland plaid about her.
They took them to the Logan steps,
An' set them down to rest thegither,
Donald laid her on her back,
An' fir'd a Highland pistol at her.
Comin' &c.
Lochleven Castle heard the rair,
An' Faukland house the echo sounded;
Highland Donald gae a stare,
The lassie sigh'd, but was nae wounded.
Comin', &c.
Tamie Tamson too was there,
Maggie Birnie was his dearie,
He pat it in amang the hair,
An' puddled there till he was wearie.
Blyth, &c.
When e'enin' cam the town was thrang,
An' beds were no to get for siller;
When e'er they fand a want o' room.
They lay in pairs like bread an' butter.
Blythe, &c.
Twa an' twa they made the bed,
An' twa an' twa they lay the gither;
When they had na room enough,
Ilk ane lap on aboon the tither;
Blythe, &c.
- Ewan MacColl
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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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