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Lyrics for Collier Laddie by Unknown:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Collier Laddie | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 296 | | | | Lyrics: | COLLIER LADDIE
I've traveled east and I've traveled west
And I've traveled pure
Kirkaldy,
But the bonniest lass that e'er I spied
She was followin' her collier
laddie.
cho: Laddie, O, laddie
But the bonniest lass that e'er I spied
She was followin' her collier laddie.
(final 2 lines of chorus change with
verse.)
"O whaur live ye my bonnie lass?
Come tell me what they ca' ye.
"
"Bonnie Jean Gordon is my name,
And I'm followin' a collier
laddie."
cho:
"O would ye fancy ane that's black
And you sae fair and
gaudy?
O fancy ane o' higher degree,
Than followin' a collier
laddie."
cho:
"Ye see yon hills the sun shines on,
The sun shines on sae
gaudy ;
They a' are mine and they shall be thine,
Gin ye'll leave your collier laddie.
"
cho:
"Though ye had a' the sun shines on,
And the earth conceals sae
lowly,
l wad turn my back on you and it a'
And follow my collier
laddie."
cho:
Then he has gane to her faither dear,
To her faither gane sae
brawly ;
Says: "Will ye gie me your bonnie, bonnie lass
That's followin' a collier
laddie?"
cho:
"O would she marry a man that's black,
And me sea braw and
gaudy?
I'll raise her up to a higher degree
Than followin' a collier
laddie."
cho:
Her faither then he vowed and swore:
"Though he be black
he's bonnie;
She's mair delight in him, I fear,
Than in you wi' a' your
money."
cho:
"O, I can win my five pennies a day,
And spend't at nicht fu'
brawly,
And I'll mak' my bed in the collier's neuk
And lie doon wi' my collier
laddie."
cho:
"Love for love is the bargain for me,
Though the wee
cot-hoose should haud me,
And the world before me to win my breid,
And fare for my collier
laddie."
cho:
From Songs and Dances of Scotland, Thomson
Note: this, plus
the first version ( COLLAD ), go together to make
a fairly complete picture. See also
FACTGIRL , for a
similar bit of lower-class snobbishness.
@mine @love
@Scots
filename[ COLLAD2
play.exe COLLAD2
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