The Wind Blew the Bonny Lassie's Plaidie Awa' (Three Versions)
A. Sung by Jimmy McBeath. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland, in 1951.
B. Performed by Duncan Burke (Highland bagpipe chanter). Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Hamish Henderson in Perth, Scotland, in 1955.
C. Sung by Jeannie Robertson. Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Alan Lomax in London in 1953.
Jimmy McBeath (sings):There was a butcher ivha lived in Crieff
And in come a bonnie lass to buy some beef.
But he took her in his airms, aye, and doon she did fa',
O the wind's blown the bonnie lassie's plaidie awa'.
Her plaidie's awa', it's awa' wi' the wind,
Her plaidie's awa', and it canna be found.
But he took her in his airms, aye, and doon she did fa',
Saying, Til pay the plaidie that the wind blew awa'.
Duncan Burke (plays tune)
Jeannie Robertson (sings):
My plaidie's awa' and awa' wi' the wind,
My plaidie's awa' and it canna be found.
O what will the aul'folk, the aul' folk say O' that?
O I canna say the wind blew my plaidie awa'.