| I used to be a rovin' lad. |
| A rovin' an' wanderin' life I had.
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| On any lass I’d frown, who would try to tie me down.
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| But then one day, I saw a maid, Who held out her hand, an' I stayed an' stayed.
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| An now across the green, I’ll go home with bonnie Jean!
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| Go home, go home, go home with bonnie Jean!
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| Go home, Go home
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| I’ll go home with bonnie Jean!
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| I used to have a hundred friends, but when we are wedded the friendship ends.
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| They never come to call, so farewell to one and all.
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| Farewell to all the lads I knew, I’ll see them again when they’re married too.
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| For soon across the green, I’ll go home with bonnie Jean!
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| Go home, Go home, Go home with bonnie Jean!
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| Go home, Go home
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| I’ll go home with bonnie Jean!
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| In Edinburough I used to know a lass with an' air, an' her name was Jo;
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| An' every night at ten, I would meet her in the glen.
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| But now I’ll not see her again. |
| Especially not in the glen, at ten.
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| For now across the green, I’ll go home with bonnie Jean!
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| Go home, Go home, Go home with bonnie Jean!
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| Go home, Go home.
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| I’ll go home with bonnie Jean!
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| Hello to married men I’ve known; |
| I’ll soon have a wife an' leave yours alone.
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| A bonnie wife indeed, and she’s all I’ll ever need.
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| With bonnie Jean my days’ll fly;
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| An' love her I will till the day I die.
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| That’s why, across the green, I’ll go home with bonnie Jean!
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| Go home, Go home, Go home with bonnie Jean!
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| Go home, Go home
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| (He'll) I’ll go home with bonnie Jean! |