| Lyrics: | LIZZIE LINDSAY
"Will ye gang tae the hielands, Lizzie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae
the hielands wi' me?
Will ye gang tae the hielands, Lizzie Lindsay,
My bride and my
darling to be?"
Then I spoke tae Lizzie's old mother,
And a cantie old body was
she,
"Mon, if I was as young as my daughter,
I'd gang tae the hielands wi'
thee."
Then I spoke tae Lizzie's wee sister,
And a bonnie wee lassie was
she,
"Mon, if I was as old as my sister,
I'd gang tae the hielands wi'
thee."
"But to gang to the hielands wi' you, sir,
I dinna ken who that may
be,
For I ken no' the land that you live in,
Nor I ken no' the lad I'm goin'
wi'."
"Oh, Lizzie, I you maun ken little,
When I see that you dinna ken me,
My name is Lord Ranald McDonald,
I'm the chief of the highland degree."
So she
kilted her coats of green satin,
And she kilted them up to her knee,
And she's of wi'
Lord Ranald McDonald
His bride and his darling tae be.
from singing of Joe
Hickerson 1984
@Scots @courtship
Child #226
recorded by Belle Stewart
and Nye
Early English Ballads
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