| My parents married me o’er young
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| To an old carle both bald and dumb
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| His love was done and mine new sprung
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| An' I’ll fly the plains wi' my laddie-o.
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| Come, bonnie laddie, mount and go
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| Hey, bonnie laddie, mount and go
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| Come, bonnie laddie, mount and go
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| Go, an' I’ll go wi' ye o.
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| I will leave my good peat stack
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| Sae wid I my guid kailyard
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| Sae wid I my auld bald laird
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| And fly the plains wi' my laddie-o.
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| The old man he fell fast asleep
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| An' out o' his arms she quickly did creep
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| The keys o' the cabin she did keep
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| And she’s flown the plains wi' her laddie-o
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| The auld man wakened in the ha'
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| The sheet was cauld an' she was awa'
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| An' the wecht o' hersel' o' gold an' a'
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| An' she’s flown the plains wi' her laddie-o.
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| Ye’ll gang doon tae yon seashore
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| An' ye’ll see a ship faur she was before
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| An' ask at the skipper if she’s been there
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| Or if any of the sailors saw her-o.
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| When they were sailing on the sea
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| She drank their health right merrily
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| An' she threw the wine glass into the sea
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| For joy she had won wi' her laddie-o.
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| When they landed o’er the lea
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| She was lady o' fifty ploughs an' three
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| She was lady o' fifty ploughs an' three
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| An' she dearly loves her laddie-o. |